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da
     1. adv. (local) there; here
           Wir fahren nach Hamburg. Meine Frau hat eine Freundin, die da wohnt. - We’re going to Hamburg. My wife has a friend who lives there.
           Die Gäste sind noch nicht da. - The guests aren’t here yet.
     2. adv. (temporal) then; so; at that moment
           Ich war gerade eingeschlafen, und da kam ein Anruf. - I had just fallen asleep, and that’s when someone called.
           Er hat immer weiter auf mich eingeschrien. Da bin ich einfach gegangen. - He just kept on shouting at me. So I just left.
     3. adv. (colloquial) (replaces any takes a reflexive pronoun adverb when the context is clear)
           Ich wollte eigentlich Linsensuppe machen, aber da (= dafür, dazu) hatte ich das Rezept nicht.
             I was actually going to make lentil soup, but I didn’t have the recipe for it.
           Wir haben jetzt ein Angebot gekriegt, aber da (= darüber) müssen wir noch diskutieren.
             We’ve now received an offer, but we’ll still need to have discussion about that.
     4. conj. since; as; because; given that
           Da die Stelle mit häufigen Auslandskontakten verbunden ist, sind gute Fremdsprachenkenntnisse unerlässlich. - Since the position involves frequent international contacts, good foreign-language
     5. conj. (literary, dated) when
           Am Tag, da die Wahrheit offenbar wird, ist es zur Umkehr zu spät. - On the day when the Truth will become manifest, it will be too late for penitence.
stieß
     1. v. first-person singular preterite of stoßen
     2. v. third-person singular preterite of stoßen
     stoßen
          1. v. to push; to shove; to thrust (+aux, haben)
          2. v. to bump; to knock; to strike; to hurt (+aux, haben)
          3. v. to take exception (to something) (+preo, an) +aux, haben
          4. v. to jolt; to kick; to thrust (+aux, haben)
          5. v. to bump (into something); to knock (against something) (+preo, an) or +preo, gegen +aux, sein
          6. v. to come (across something); to happen (upon something); to stumble (upon something) (+preo, auf) +aux, sein
                auf Probleme stoßen - to run into problems
          7. v. to fuck
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)
lustig
     1. adj. funny, humorous
           Der Film war lustig. - The film was funny.
     2. adj. (chiefly colloquial) enjoyable, amusing, fun
           Der Abend war lustig. - The night was fun.
ins
     1. contraction. (in)to the (accusative singular neuter)
           Ich bin ins Kino gegangen. - I went to the cinema.
     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)
     das
          1. art. singular of der: the
          2. pron. singular of der
          3. pron.          (relative) who, that, which
                        Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that.
                        Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist.
          4. pron.          (demonstrative) this, that, it
                        Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house.
                        er - Er wissen
                        Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned)
          5. pron.          (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb)
                        Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again.
                        Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is?
     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
Horn
     1. n. horn (musical instrument)
     2. n. horn (projection, of an animal, altar, etc.)
     3. n. cornet
     4. n. (anatomy) cranial parietal bones
     5. n. horn (substance from which animal horns are made)
trara
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