zuerst |
1. adv. first, firstly | |
Reinigen Sie immer zuerst die Räder. - Always clean the wheels first. | |
2. adv. at first | |
nur |
1. adv. only, just, merely, simply | |
Nur reife Kirschen dürfen auf den Kuchen. - Only ripe cherries may go on the cake. | |
Du musst nur die Werte eingeben und den Rest macht der Computer. - You just have to enter the values and the computer will do the rest. | |
2. adv. ever; at all | |
Ich helfe dir, wo ich nur kann. - I’ll help you wherever I can. | |
3. adv. however, though | |
Wir könnten es versuchen. Nur wären die Risiken sehr hoch. - We could try. The risks would be very high, however. | |
4. conj. (chiefly colloquial) but | |
Ich wär auf jeden Fall dabei, nur ich hab echt keine Zeit. - I’d definitely come along, but I really don’t have the time. | |
ganz |
1. adj. entire, whole, complete | |
Er hat ein ganzes Hähnchen gegessen. - He ate a whole chicken. | |
2. adj. (informal) all (with definite article or determiner) | |
Ich hab meine ganzen Freunde eingeladen. - I’ve invited all my friends. | |
3. adj. (colloquial) whole, intact | |
Ist die Tasse noch ganz? - Is the cup still whole? | |
4. adj. (in certain combinations) true; real | |
uxi, ein ganzer Kerl, a true man | |
5. adj. (mathematics) integer (of a number) | |
6. adv. quite, rather | |
7. adv. very | |
8. adv. wholly, entirely, all | |
zart |
1. adj. tender | |
2. adj. delicate | |
3. adj. fragile, flimsy | |
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? | |
dann |
1. adv. then, after that | |
Ich ziehe mich erst an, dann frühstücke ich. - First I'm getting dressed, then I'll have breakfast. | |
2. adv. then, in that case | |
Wenn du dich anstrengst, dann schaffst du es. - If you make an effort, then you'll be able to do it. | |
immer |
1. adv. always | |
2. adv. at all times without exception | |
Irgendwo scheint immer die Sonne. - The sun is always shining somewhere. | |
3. adv. very often; all the time; constantly | |
Er will immer nur fernsehen. - He just wants to watch telly all the time. | |
4. adv. every time; whenever some precondition is given | |
Er erzählt immer dieselbe Geschichte. - He always tells that same story. | |
5. adv. (with) to a greater degree over time, more and more | |
Es wird immer kälter. - It's getting colder and colder. | |
6. adv. (colloquial unstressed) used to emphasize another adverb of time, which itself is stressed | |
Er kommt immer nie pünktlich. - He’s never on time. | |
Ich bin oft immer sehr vergesslich. - I’m often very forgetful. | |
Manchmal hab ich immer das Gefühl, dass... - Sometimes I get the feeling that... | |
intensiver |
1. adj. form of intensiv | |
intensiv |
1. adj. intense | |
2. adj. acute | |
3. adj. intensive | |
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? | |
schließlich |
1. adv. in the end, finally, eventually | |
Es freut mich, Sie schließlich zu treffen. - I'm glad to finally meet you. | |
2. adv. after all (because of, for the reason) | |
Natürlich liebe ich dich, du bist ja schließlich meine Tochter. - Of course I love you, after all, you are my daughter. | |
erhob |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of erheben | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of erheben | |
erheben |
1. v. to raise, lift (one's arm, voice, glass, etc.) | |
2. v. to levy, charge | |
3. v. to gather, collect (e.g. data, material) | |
4. v. to bring (charges) | |
Anklage erheben - to bring charges | |
5. v. to rise (to one's feet, from one's seat, etc.) | |
6. v. to rise (i, e.g. of a mountain or tower) | |
7. v. to rise up | |
sich gegen etwas erheben - to rise up against something | |
8. v. to feel superior | |
sich über jemand erheben - to feel superior to someone | |
sich |
1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object). | |
2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object). | |
eine |
1. num. feminine singular of ein | |
2. art. feminine singular of ein: a, an | |
3. pron. feminine singular of einer | |
4. pron. masculine nominative singular of einer | |
5. pron. singular of einer | |
Dunkelrot |
1. n. dark red | |
2. adj. dark red | |
leuchtende |
1. adj. form of leuchtend | |
Säule |
1. n-f. (architecture) column, pillar | |
in |
1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building) | |
Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house. | |
Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator. | |
Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school. | |
Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop. | |
Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night. | |
2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to) | |
in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense | |
3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time) | |
Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen. | |
im Alter - in old age | |
im Mittelalter - during the middle ages | |
in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s | |
4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of)) | |
Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house. | |
Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland. | |
Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age. | |
5. adj. in, popular (in fashion) | |
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 | |
man |
1. pron. one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular) | |
Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will. - You can’t always get what you want. | |
Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen. - Sometimes one must compromise. | |
2. pron. they, people (people in general) | |
Zumindest sagt man das so... - At least that’s what they say... | |
3. pron. someone, somebody (some unspecified person) | |
4. pron. they (some unspecified group of people) | |
5. adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) just; only | |
Komm man hier rüber! - Just come over here! | |
Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so. - These are only thirty or so. | |
schließlich |
1. adv. in the end, finally, eventually | |
Es freut mich, Sie schließlich zu treffen. - I'm glad to finally meet you. | |
2. adv. after all (because of, for the reason) | |
Natürlich liebe ich dich, du bist ja schließlich meine Tochter. - Of course I love you, after all, you are my daughter. | |
undeutlich |
1. adj. indistinct; vague, hazy | |
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 | |
Fratze |
1. n-f. sneer; grimace; evil smile | |
eines |
1. num. genitive singular of ein | |
2. art. genitive singular of ein: a, an | |
3. pron. singular of einer | |
4. pron. genitive singular of einer | |
Dämonen |
1. n. plural of Dämon | |
Dämon |
1. n. demon | |
erkennen |
1. v. to recognize, perceive | |
Ich habe dich mit diesem Hut nicht erkannt. - I didn't recognize you in that hat. | |
2. v. to realize, detect, see, know, identify, discover, understand | |
konnte |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of können | |
2. v. third-person singular 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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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 | |
sich |
1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object). | |
2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object). | |
langsam |
1. adj. slow (taking a long time to move or travel; not happening in a short time) | |
Das Projekt geht nur langsam voran. | |
Schnecken sind sehr langsam. - Snails are very slow. | |
2. adv. slowly (at a slow pace), gradually, carefully | |
Das Auto fährt langsam. - The car goes slowly. | |
Draußen wird es langsam heißer. - It's gradually getting hotter outside. | |
bildete |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of bilden | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of bilden | |
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of bilden | |
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of bilden | |
bilden |
1. v. to form, to train | |
2. v. to educate oneself | |