wir |
1. pron. we | |
fällten |
1. v. first-person plural preterite of fällen | |
2. v. third-person plural preterite of fällen | |
3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of fällen | |
4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of fällen | |
fällen |
1. v. to cut down, to fell (a tree) | |
2. v. to precipitate | |
3. v. (a decision) to make | |
4. v. (a judgement or sentence) to pass | |
den |
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
2. art. dative plural of der | |
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
größten |
1. adj. superlative of groß | |
Baum |
1. n. tree | |
Vögel nisten gerne in Bäumen. - Birds like to nest in trees. | |
Bäume zählen zu den größten Lebensformen. - Trees are one of the biggest life forms. | |
Baum fällt! - Tree falling! | |
2. n. (nautical) boom | |
3. Proper noun. surname, German Jewish | |
den |
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
2. art. dative plural of der | |
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
wir |
1. pron. we | |
finden |
1. v. to find; to discover | |
Ich habe deine Schlüssel gefunden. - I found your keys. | |
2. v. to think that (something) is (a certain way); to consider (something) to be (a certain way); to find | |
Findest du mich interessant? - Do you find me interesting? | |
3. v. to find one’s way | |
konnten |
1. v. first-person plural preterite of können | |
2. v. third-person plural preterite of können | |
können |
1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) | |
Kannst du ihm helfen? - Are you able to help him? | |
Ich hätte das machen können. - I could have done that. | |
Das kann sein, kann aber auch nicht sein. - This may be and may also not be. | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
3. v. to be able to do something implied; can. | |
Nein, ich kann nicht. - No, I can’t. | |
Er hat gekonnt. - He was able to do it. | |
4. v. to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w | |
Ich kann Deutsch und Englisch. - I know German and English. | |
Kannst du es? - Can you do it? | |
Das hätte ich nicht gekonnt. - I couldn’t have done that. / I wouldn’t have been capable of that. | |
5. v. to be possible, to make sense | |
Nächstes Jahr is’n Schaltjahr. – Das kann nich’. Letztes Jahr war doch Schaltjahr! - Next year is a leap year. – That’s not possible. Last year w | |
6. v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may. | |
Kann ich mitkommen? - May I come along? | |
Er hat nicht ins Kino gehen können. - He was not allowed to go to the cinema. | |
7. v. (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed | |
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denn |
1. conj. for; because; since | |
Ich möchte diese Hose kaufen, denn sie gefällt mir sehr. - I'd like to buy these pants since I like them a lot. | |
2. conj. (after a comparative, archaic, or dialectal) than | |
3. adv. (in a question, modal particle) then, ever, but, now (used for emphasis or to express interest, surprise or doubt, or in rhetorical questions) | |
Wo ist er denn? - Where is he, then?/Where ever can he be? | |
Wieso denn? - How so, then? | |
Was denn? - But what? | |
4. adv. (rather rare) thus, so; (expresses a consequence; see usage notes) | |
5. adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) then, after that, in that case | |
wir |
1. pron. we | |
wollten |
1. v. first-person plural preterite of wollen | |
2. v. third-person plural preterite of wollen | |
3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of wollen | |
4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of wollen | |
wollen |
1. adj. (relational) wool; woolen, woollen | |
2. v. to want; to wish; to desire; to demand | |
Ich will doch nur das Beste. - I want only the best. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to want (to do something) | |
Ich will gehen. - I want to go. | |
4. v. (auxiliary) to intend, to mean | |
Ich wollte dich nicht erschrecken. - I did not mean to scare you. | |
ein |
1. art. a, an | |
ein Mann - a man | |
eine Frau - a woman | |
ein Kind - a child | |
2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something | |
ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen | |
darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor | |
3. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.) | |
Kanu |
1. n. canoe or kayak | |
Bauen |
1. n. gerund of bauen, , building | |
2. n. dative plural of Bau | |
3. v. to build; to construct | |
4. v. to rely (on) (+preo, auf) | |
5. v. (slang) to roll a joint | |
Baust du einen? Ich kann grad nicht mehr. - Can you roll one? I just can't anymore. | |