| wie |
| 1. adv. how | |
| Wie groß bist du? - How tall are you? | |
| Ich weiß nicht, wie die Katze hereingekommen ist. - I don't know how the cat got in. | |
| Wie wunderbar! - How wonderful! | |
| 2. conj. like | |
| Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht. - Friends are like stars in the night. | |
| 3. conj. as | |
| Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen. - As you know, I grew up in Dortmund. | |
| Ich bin so schnell wie du. - I’m as fast as you are. | |
| 4. conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than | |
| Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater. - The boy is taller than his father. | |
| 5. conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past | |
| Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war. - I saw him when I was in Cologne. | |
| Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund. - When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me. | |
| viele |
| 1. adj. form of viel | |
| viel |
| 1. pron. much, a lot | |
| Es ist viel passiert. - Much has happened. | |
| 2. det. much, many | |
| Er hat viel Geld verloren. - He lost a lot of money. | |
| 3. det. In the singular, the adjective is usually left unchanged when it is not preceded by an article or determiner (see example sentence above). Otherwise it is declined like a normal adjective: das viele | |
| 4. det. In the plural, the adjective is usually declined even without a preceding article or determiner: viele Kinder. However, it may be left unchanged when modified by a preceding adverb, e.g. in the combi | |
| 5. det. The comparative form mehr is invariable and never declined; it cannot be preceded by any article or determiner (note however mehrere, mehreres, and obsolete mehre, mehr | |
| 6. adv. much, a lot | |
| Wir haben viel gelacht. - We laughed a lot. | |
| wie viele |
| 1. det. of wie viel | |
| Finger |
| 1. n-m. finger | |
| zeige |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of zeigen | |
| 2. v. singular imperative of zeigen | |
| 3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of zeigen | |
| 4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of zeigen | |
| zeigen |
| 1. v. to show, make see | |
| 2. v. (with auf) to point at | |
| Man zeigt nicht mit dem Finger auf die Leute! - You don’t point your finger at people! | |
| 3. v. to exhibit, allow to see | |
| Zeig mir mal deine Briefmarkensammlung! - Please show me your stamp collection! | |
| 4. v. to display, manifest | |
| Die Bäume zeigen schon die ersten grünen Blätter. - The trees are already displaying the first green leaves. | |
| 5. v. to demonstrate, explain by doing | |
| Kannst du mir mal zeigen, wie das geht? - Could you show me how this is done? | |
| 6. v. to go to show, demonstrate, prove | |
| Das zeigt wieder mal, dass du keine Ahnung hast. - This only shows again that you don't have a clue. | |
| 7. v. to appear, become apparent, come out, turn out, show up, to be manifested | |
| Ich |
| 1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
| 2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
| das wahre Ich - the real me | |
| 3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
