zu |
1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality) | |
zum Bahnhof - to the train station | |
2. prep. with respect to; regarding | |
Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that... | |
3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question)) | |
Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal | |
4. prep. at, on (indicates location) | |
zu Hause - at home | |
5. prep. at (indicates time) | |
zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time | |
zu Beginn - at the beginning | |
6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.)) | |
zu Pferd - on horseback | |
7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of) | |
8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of) | |
9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance) | |
10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of) | |
11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios) | |
12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate) | |
13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to | |
etwas zu essen - something to eat | |
14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively) | |
zu schnell - too fast | |
15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.) | |
Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good! | |
16. adv. towards; at | |
17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked | |
18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action)) | |
19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open) | |
Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed. | |
Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety. | |
Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there. | |
20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade) | |
21. adj. done up (fastened) | |
22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk | |
besseren |
1. adj. form of gut, eren | |
gut |
1. adj. good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral) | |
Wir müssen gut sein, um uns gut zu fühlen. - We must be good to feel good. | |
2. adj. good (effective; useful) | |
3. adj. good (fortunate) | |
4. adj. good (having a particularly pleasant taste) | |
5. adj. all right, fair, proper (satisfactory) | |
6. adj. good (full; entire; at least as much as) | |
7. adv. well (accurately, competently, satisfactorily) | |
Die Mannschaft hat gut gespielt. - The team played well. | |
8. adv. a little more than (with measurements) | |
Ich wohne seit gut zwanzig Jahren in Berlin. - I've lived in Berlin for over twenty years/for a good twenty years. | |
Das Bett ist gut zwei Meter lang. - The bed is a little over two meters long. | |
9. adv. easily, likely | |
Dieser Gegenstand ist gut zu finden. - That item is easily found. | |
Es kann gut sein, dass du nächstes Jahr verheiratet bist. - You may well be married next year. | |
10. interj. okay, all right, now then | |
Gut, dann fangen wir mal an. - All right, then let's get started. | |
Zeiten |
1. n. plural of Zeit "times". | |
Zeit |
1. n-f. time (as a concept) | |
2. n-f. time of day ((clipping of Uhrzeit)) | |
3. n-f. period, era (time in the past) | |
4. n-f. stint (e.g. in the army) | |
5. n-f. (grammar) tense | |
zählten |
1. v. first-person plural preterite of zählen | |
2. v. third-person plural preterite of zählen | |
3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of zählen | |
4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of zählen | |
zählen |
1. v. to count (to determine the number of objects in a group) | |
Ich habe gerade gezählt, dass wir nur noch zwölf Tomaten haben. - I have just counted and seen us to have only twelve tomatoes in total. | |
Wie viele Flaschen zählst du? — Ich zähle dreizehn Flaschen. - How many bottles do you count? — I count thirteen bottles. | |
2. v. to count (to enumerate the digits of one's numeral system) | |
Unsere Tochter zählt schon. - Our daughter is able to count already. | |
3. v. to have, comprise, span (some numerical value) | |
Die Stadt zählt etwa 13.000 Einwohner. - The town has approximately 13,000 inhabitants. | |
Die Stadt zählt über 2.000 Jahre. - The town is more than 2,000 years old. | |
4. v. to reckon, to consider, to deem (later used in the active voice with a passive meaning) | |
Der Wal wird nicht zu den Fischen gezählt. - The whale is not considered a fish. | |
Der Wal zählt nicht zu den Fischen. - The whale is not to be considered a fish. | |
Man zählt mich zu den Gegnern dieser Politik. - One considers me an opponent of such politics. | |
Ich zähle mich glücklich, dazuzugehören. - I consider myself fortunate to be a part. | |
5. v. to be of significance, to matter, to count | |
Jede Stimme zählt. - Every vote counts. | |
Was zählt, ist dass du heil aus der Sache herauskommst. - What is the most important is that you come out intact out of the affair. | |
kritische |
1. adj. form of kritisch | |
Seitenhiebe |
1. n. plural of Seitenhieb | |
Seitenhieb |
1. n. sideswipe | |
2. n. skit | |
3. n. (colloquial figurative) potshot, dig | |
auf |
1. prep. (with dative) on, upon (positioned at the top of) | |
Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch. - The book is lying on the table. | |
2. prep. (with accusative) on, onto, up (moving to the top of) | |
Ich lege das Buch auf den Tisch. - I’m putting the book on the table. | |
3. prep. (with accusative) on (indicating responsibility) | |
Das erste Getränk geht aufs Haus. - The first drink is on the house. | |
Das fällt nicht auf dich zurück, sondern auf mich. Ich hab's vermasselt. - That's not on you but on me. I messed up. | |
4. prep. (with dative) in, at; used with certain nouns instead of bei or in | |
Niemand auf der Welt hätte das voraussehen können. - No one in the world could have predicted that. | |
auf dem Stadtplatz - in the town square | |
Das Schiff ist auf See - The ship is at sea. | |
auf der Kirmes - at the fun fair | |
auf der Post - at the post office (also: bei der Post) | |
5. prep. (with accusative) to; used with certain nouns instead of zu or in | |
auf die Kirmes - to the fun fair | |
auf die Post - to the post office (also: zur Post) | |
6. prep. (with a language name) in (see usage note below) | |
Was heißt das auf Deutsch? - What’s this in German? | |
7. prep. (linguistics) in (of a word: ending with some sound or syllable) | |
Wörter auf -heit sind weiblich. - Words in -heit are feminine. | |
Du kannst doch auf (’n) Sonntag nich’ den Rasen mähen! - You can’t mow the lawn on a Sunday! | |
8. prep. (with accusative) for (during the continuation of) | |
auf Jahre hinaus - for years to come | |
9. prep. (with accusative) to, for (indicating purpose, goal or wish) | |
Lasst uns auf deine Gesundheit drinken! - Let's drink to your health! | |
Sie spielen auf Zeit. - They are playing for time. | |
10. prep. (with accusative) by (used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something) | |
X auf Y Meter groß | |
11. adv. (somewhat, informal) open | |
Die Tür ist auf. - The door is open. | |
12. adv. (colloquial) finished; gone (food) | |
Hast du deine Suppe auf? - Have you finished your soup? | |
Die Milch is’ auf. - The milk is gone. (consumed) | |
13. adv. (colloquial) up; awake; out of bed | |
Ich war um sechs Uhr auf. - I was up at six o'clock. | |
14. interj. carry on (continue or proceed as before) | |
15. interj. have a go | |
die |
1. art. feminine singular of der | |
die Frau - the woman | |
2. art. plural of der | |
die Männer - the men | |
3. pron. feminine singular of der | |
4. pron. plural of der | |
5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose | |
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that. | |
6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them | |
die da - that one/she/they there | |
der |
1. art. the | |
2. art. feminine singular of der | |
3. art. genitive plural of der | |
4. pron. who; that; which | |
Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that. | |
5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that | |
6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that | |
Der Mann war es! - It was that man! | |
7. pron. (indicative) him, he | |
Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it! | |
8. pron. (differential) the one, him | |
Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat | |
9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her | |
ökonomische |
1. adj. form of ökonomisch | |
ökonomisch |
1. adj. economic (relating to the economy) | |
2. adj. economic (relating to economics) | |
3. adj. economical (careful with money) | |
Supermacht |
1. n. (politics) superpower | |
dagegen |
1. adv. against it, against that | |
2. conj. however, by contrast, on the other hand | |
(near-syn, hingegen, hergegen, andererseits, wiederum, hinwiederum) | |
noch |
1. adv. still, yet (up to and including a given time) | |
Du magst mich noch. - You still like me. | |
Ich bin noch nicht fertig. - I’m not ready yet. | |
2. adv. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future) | |
Er wird noch kommen. - He will come eventually. | |
Das brauche ich später noch. - I'll need that sometime. | |
3. adv. additionally, in addition, besides, else; (more often expressed in English with) another, more | |
Da ist noch einer. - There’s another one. | |
Da sind noch welche. - There are some more. | |
Ich habe noch Schokolade im Auto. - I have some more chocolate in the car. | |
Weißt du noch was? - Can you think of anything else? | |
4. adv. (only) just; barely (by a small margin) | |
Ich habe es gerade noch geschafft. - I made it just in time. | |
5. adv. (with comparative) even | |
Deins ist noch schöner! - Yours is even prettier! | |
6. conj. (following a negation, especially weder) nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true | |
Ich mag weder ihn noch dich. - I like neither him nor you. | |
Er versteht es nicht noch wird er es jemals verstehen. - He doesn’t understand it, nor will he ever understand it. | |
zum |
1. contraction. to or for the (contraction of zu + dem) | |
2. contraction. to or for a (contraction of zu + einem) | |
zu |
1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality) | |
zum Bahnhof - to the train station | |
2. prep. with respect to; regarding | |
Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that... | |
3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question)) | |
Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal | |
4. prep. at, on (indicates location) | |
zu Hause - at home | |
5. prep. at (indicates time) | |
zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time | |
zu Beginn - at the beginning | |
6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.)) | |
zu Pferd - on horseback | |
7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of) | |
8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of) | |
9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance) | |
10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of) | |
11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios) | |
12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate) | |
13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to | |
etwas zu essen - something to eat | |
14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively) | |
zu schnell - too fast | |
15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.) | |
Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good! | |
16. adv. towards; at | |
17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked | |
18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action)) | |
19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open) | |
Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed. | |
Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety. | |
Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there. | |
20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade) | |
21. adj. done up (fastened) | |
22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk | |
dem |
1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
guten |
1. adj. form of gut | |
Ton |
1. n. clay | |
2. n. tone | |
3. n. , translation=One of the most unpleasant embarrassments in German court rooms is the hubris of the presiding judges in the tone towards the defendants. | |
4. n. (music) note (a musical pitch or sound) | |
5. n. tone (manner of speaking) | |