| wir |
| 1. pron. we | |
| Werden |
| 1. n. (gerund of werden); becoming (coming into being) | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
| Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice | |
| Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read. | |
| Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe. | |
| Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten. | |
| 5. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
| Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
| 6. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition) | |
| Usage: In this sense werden 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. (See the usage no | |
| Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold? | |
| Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored. | |
| Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.) | |
| 7. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future) | |
| Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together. | |
| Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me? | |
| 8. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
| Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
| später |
| 1. adj. comparative of spät; later | |
| 2. adj. form of spät | |
| 3. adv. later | |
| darüber |
| 1. adv. above, above it/this/that | |
| 2. adv. about it/this/that (concerning a matter) | |
| 3. adv. over, over it/this/that, thereover | |
| Senioren von 80 Jahren und darüber - senior citizens of 80 years and over | |
| Reden |
| 1. n. gerund of reden | |
| 2. n. plural of Rede | |
| 3. v. to talk, to speak, to orate | |
| Der Präsident wird in seiner Ansprache über die Wirtschaft reden. - The President will talk about the economy in his address. | |
| 4. v. to talk, to reveal (something secret) | |
| Trotz der Befragung durch die Polizei hat der Verdächtige nicht geredet. - Despite questioning by the police, the suspect didn't talk. | |
| 5. v. to say (something), to speak (in a language, etc.) | |
| Seit ihrer Ankunft hat sie kein Wort geredet. - She hasn't said a word since she arrived. | |
| Jetzt redest du Unsinn. - Now you're talking nonsense. | |
| Ich redete Deutsch zu ihm, aber er verstand mich nicht. - I spoke German to him but he didn't understand. | |
| Rede |
| 1. n-f. speech, address | |
| Das ist nicht der Rede wert. - That is nothing to speak of. | |
