wir |
1. pron. we | |
Können |
1. n. (gerund of können); skill, ability | |
2. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can. | |
3. 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. | |
4. 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. | |
5. 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. | |
6. 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 | |
7. 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. | |
8. 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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Ihnen |
1. pron. personal dative of Sie: you, to you i;indirect object; addressing politely or formally one person | |
2. pron. personal dative of sie; them, to them. | |
Ihre |
1. pron. (possessive) feminine singular of Ihr | |
2. pron. (possessive) plural of Ihr | |
Ist das Ihre Katze, Frau Schulz? - Is that your cat, Mrs. Schulz? | |
Sind diese Bücher Ihre, Herr Meyer? - Are these books yours, Mr. Meyer? | |
3. det. feminine singular of ihr | |
4. det. plural of ihr | |
5. det. her, its, their (i, referring to a feminine or plural noun in the nominative or accusative) | |
Ihr |
1. det. your (that belongs to you (when formally or politely addressing one or more people)) | |
Wo ist Ihr Wagen, Frau Wagner? - Where is your car, Mrs. Wagner? | |
Stelle |
1. n-f. place, stead, location, position, lieu | |
2. n-f. position (as a job), employment | |
3. n-f. digit, decimal place | |
4. v. first-person singular present of stellen | |
5. v. first-person singular subjunctive of stellen | |
6. v. third-person singular subjunctive of stellen | |
7. v. singular imperative of stellen | |
nicht |
1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) | |
Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb! | |
Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true. | |
2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you? | |
Zurückgeben |
1. n. gerund of zurückgeben | |
2. v. to give back, return | |