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. | |
wäre |
1. v. first-person singular subjunctive of sein | |
2. v. third-person singular subjunctive of sein | |
sein |
1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be | |
Das ist schön. - That is beautiful. | |
Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car. | |
2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition) | |
Usage: In this sense sein is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a Dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. For example: "Mir i | |
Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold? | |
Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick. | |
Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy. | |
Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored. | |
3. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for | |
Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted. | |
Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie. | |
Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it. | |
4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs | |
Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old. | |
5. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive | |
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence. | |
Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house. | |
6. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.) | |
Du bist. - It’s your turn. | |
Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine. | |
7. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag | |
Du bist! - You're it! | |
Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore. | |
8. det. his | |
Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister. | |
Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys. | |
9. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun) | |
der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light | |
das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs | |
10. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. | |
Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros. | |
11. det. one's | |
Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart. | |
Es |
1. n. (music) E-flat | |
2. n. (psychoanalysis) id | |
3. pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun | |
Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch. - Where's the book? It’s on the table. | |
Wo ist das Kind? Ich habe es. - Where is the child? I have it. | |
Welche Farbe hat das Pferd? Es ist weiß. - What color is the horse? It is white. | |
Ich bemerkte ein merkwürdiges bärtiges Individuum und beschloss, es im Auge zu behalten. - I remarked a strange bearded individual and decided to keep an eye on him. | |
Das Mädchen wusste nicht, dass es beobachtet wurde. - The girl didn’t know that she was being observed. | |
Jedes Vorstandsmitglied kann das Wort ergreifen, wenn es dies wünscht. - Any board member may take the floor if they so wish. | |
4. pron. (Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun) — it | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
Sie begann zu laufen, und ich tat es auch. - She began to run, and I did it also. | |
Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin. - There was once a beautiful princess. | |
Es ist gut zu leben! - It's good to be alive! | |
Es regnet. - It’s raining. | |
Es ist sicher, dass morgen die Sonne scheinen wird. - It's certain that the sun will shine tomorrow. | |
Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
Ich bin es, Michael. - It's me, Michael. | |
Es spielt das Fernsehorchester. - The television orchestra is playing. | |
Sie wird es noch weit bringen. - She is going to go far. | |
5. art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das | |
Soll ich es Fenster zumachen? - Should I close the window? | |
Jetzt |
1. n. the present; now | |
2. adv. now (at this moment, right now) | |
Ich bin jetzt da. - I’m here now. | |
Jetzt gibt es sowas gar nicht mehr. - Such things don’t exist anymore now. | |
Jetzt gab es ein lautes Geräusch. - Just then there was a loud noise. | |
3. adv. now, then (expressing a logical or temporal consequence) | |
Wir haben abgewaschen, jetzt müssen wir noch abtrocknen. - We've washed up, now we must dry the dishes. | |
Was bedeuten jetzt die geschilderten Entwicklungen für unser Land? - Now what do the aforementioned developments mean for our country? | |
4. adv. now (unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis) | |
Was soll das jetzt heißen? - What's that supposed to mean now? | |
mit |
1. prep. with (in the company of; alongside) | |
Ich spiele mit meinen Freunden. - I'm playing with my friends. | |
2. prep. with, by (using as an instrument; by means of) | |
Ich schreibe mit einem Bleistift. - I'm writing with a pencil. | |
Ich fahre mit dem Bus. - I'm going by bus. | |
3. prep. with (as an accessory to) | |
4. prep. with (having) | |
5. prep. at (with the age of) | |
6. prep. with, including, with ... included | |
7. adv. among; denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group | |
Hier gibt es mit das beste Essen in der Stadt. - Here they have some of the best food in town. | |
Ich war mit der erste, der hier war. - I was one of the very first who arrived. | |
8. adv. also, too (in addition; besides; as well) | |
9. adv. (somewhat, informal) with (something), with it | |
Ich brauch nicht unbedingt Majonäse zu den Fritten, aber mit sind sie natürlich besser. - I don't necessarily need mayonnaise with the chips, but they taste better with it, of course. | |
Etwas |
1. n. thing, being | |
2. n. a quality or talent that is hard to pin down | |
Sie hat dieses gewisse Etwas. (She has this certain something.) | |
3. pron. something | |
4. adv. somewhat, slightly | |
5. adv. a little, a bit | |
6. det. (with unor plural noun) some, a bit of | |
Hab etwas Respekt vor den Toten. - Have some respect for the dead. | |
Grütze |
1. n-f. a food of coarsely ground cereal grains: groat(s) | |
2. n-f. coarse "grains" or bits of fruit, or a dish made from these | |
rote Grütze = a fruit pudding containing chunks of red fruits (e.g. redcurrants and raspberries) | |
3. n-f. (colloquial) brains, shrewdness, prudence | |
Ein wenig Grütze unter der Mütze ist gar viel nütze;Ein fröhlich Herz unter der Weste, das ist das Beste! (Some brain behind the veil can have a lot availA merry heart behind the vest is noneth | |
4. n-f. (colloquial derogatory) intellectual poverty, brainlet, retardation | |
Ihr habt nur kommunistische Grütze in der roten Rübe! - Y’all have only commie offals in your red conks! | |
5. n-f. (colloquial) rhubarb rhubarb, humbug, aesthetical tripe | |
gequirlte Grütze - flapdoodle | |