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zuerst
1. adv. first, firstly
Reinigen Sie immer zuerst die Räder. - Always clean the wheels first.
2. adv. at first
möchte
1. v. first-person singular subjunctive of mögen
2. v. third-person singular subjunctive of mögen
mögen
1. v. to like (something or someone)
Ich mag keinen Käse. - I don't like cheese.
2. v. to want to go
3. v. (auxiliary) may (expresses a possibility with uncertainty with a degree of admission of the statement)
Das mag ja alles stimmen. - That may all be true.
4. v. (auxiliary) to be hesitant to (do something)
Ich mag sie nicht fragen. - I am hesitant to ask her.
5. v. (auxiliary) may (paraphrases the optative).
Möge die Macht mit dir sein. - May the Force be with you.
6. v. to want; would like (to have or to do something)
Ich möchte Käse. - I would like cheese.
Ich möchte keinen Käse. - I don't want cheese.
7. v. (auxiliary) to want to; would like to; to wish to (do something)
Ich möchte sie nicht fragen. - I don't want to ask her.
8. v. (obsolete, auxiliary, with infinitive) to be able to, may, can
Ich
1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego
2. n. self, me, him, etc.
das wahre Ich - the real me
3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
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
Ländereien
1. n. plural of Länderei
und
1. conj. (co-ordinating) and
Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake
Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered.
2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them
Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year!
3. interj. so?, now?, and?
Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go?
anschließend
1. Participle. present participle of anschließen
2. adj. following
3. adj. adjoining
4. adv. afterwards
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
Gebäude
1. n. building, edifice, structure
Sehen
1. n. (gerund of sehen): "seeing".
2. v. to see; to have sight
Er sieht nicht gut. - He doesn’t see well.
3. v. to see (something); to perceive by vision
4. v. to realize; to notice; to see; to find out
5. v. to meet (somebody); to meet up; to see; (butnot in the sense of “pay a visit to”, nor as a euphemism for having a romantic or sexual relation)
Siehst du den Markus noch? - Do you still see Markus? (Do you meet him regularly? Are you still friends with him?)
6. v. to look at; to watch; (the construction with nach often implies a turning of the head; other prepositions can be used depending on the context)
auf/nach etwas sehen - to look at something
7. v. to check on; to look after; to see to (+preo, nach)
Hast du in letzter Zeit nach dem Baby gesehen? - Have you seen to the baby recently?
8. v. to decide spontaneously and/or by personal preference; to wait and see
Das werden wir dann sehen. - We’ll see then. / We’ll play it by ear.
Soll ich Nudeln oder Pizza nehmen? — Das musst du selber sehen. - Should I take pasta or pizza? — You’ll have to decide for yourself.

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