- dog, hound
- scoundrel; dog (mean or morally reprehensible person)
- A board with casters used to transport heavy objects.
- Article
- der Hund
- Plural
- die Hunde
- Genitive
- des Hundes
Ich mag Hunde.
I like dogs.
Ich liebe Hunde.
I love dogs.
Beide Hunde schlafen.
Both dogs are asleep.
= Wauwau= Köter= Töle
- to learn, to acquire knowledge
- to study (revise or review materials)
- to train to become something
- to learn (someone) (i.e. to teach)
- Present (er/sie/es)
- lernt
- Preterite
- lernte
- Past participle
- hat gelernt
Ich lerne noch.
I’m still learning.
Er lernt schnell.
He learns fast.
Wann lernt ihr?
When do you study?
= büffeln= pauken= üben= sich vorbereiten= eine Lehre/Ausbildung machen
- to walk; to jog; to run (to move on foot; either at a normal or an increased speed)
- to flow; to leak; to run
- to be in progress; to run
- to happen, to go on, to take place
- Present (er/sie/es)
- läuft
- Preterite
- lief
- Past participle
- ist gelaufen
Ich kann laufen.
I can run.
Wir werden laufen.
We'll walk.
Er wird laufen.
He will walk.
- coffee (beverage made by infusing coffee beans in hot water)
- afternoon coffee, afternoon tea, coffee and cake (afternoon meal in northern and central Germany, particularly on Sundays)
- Article
- der Kaffee
- Plural
- die Kaffees
- Genitive
- des Kaffees
Hier dein Kaffee.
Here's your coffee.
Das ist Kaffee.
That's coffee.
Ich mag Kaffee.
I love coffee.
= Kaffee und Kuchen= Kaffeetrinken
- big, large, large-scale
- great, grand
- tall
- pertaining to defecation
- Positive
- groß
- Comparative
- größer
- Superlative
- am größten
Ich muss groß.
I need to poo.
≠ klein
- a municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria
- a municipality of Bavaria, Germany
- either of two municipalities in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Jedes Buch geht.
Any book will do.
Ich brauche diese Bücher.
I must have those books, Kemp.
Das ist ein Buch.
It's a book.
- ill, sick (in bad health)
- sick, morally or mentally degenerate
- very interesting or unusual (in the positive or negative); sick
- Positive
- krank
- Comparative
- kränker
- Superlative
- am kränksten
Ein krankes Kind.
A sick child.
Mutter ist krank.
Mother's ill.
Ich bin krank.
I'm a sick man.
= siech≠ gesund≠ heil
- street; road (a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or outside a settlement)
- carriageway (the part of a road or street used by vehicles, excluding the pavement, etc.)
- public, any area accessible to anyone
- general public, using the locale to describe people not part of a specific group
- Article
- die Straße
- Plural
- die Straßen
- Genitive
- des Straße
Die Straße ist frei.
Street's clear as a whistle.
Geh über die Straße.
Cross the street.
Wie heißt diese Straße?
What's this street called?
- super, great, awesome
Die ist super!
It's great!
Das war super.
That Was swell.
Er ist super.
He's just terrific.
= klasse= spitze
- uncle
- Article
- der Onkel
- Plural
- die Onkel (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Onkels
Ich werde Onkel.
I'm going to be an uncle.
Dein Onkel ist krank.
Your uncle is ill.
Er ist mein Onkel.
He is my uncle.
= Oheim
- to buy, to purchase
- to buy, to purchase for someone
- Present (er/sie/es)
- kauft
- Preterite
- kaufte
- Past participle
- hat gekauft
Sie kauft ein Auto.
She is buying a car.
Du hast es gekauft?
You bought him?
Ich habe es gekauft.
I bought it.
- to write, to write out (use letters to make words and texts)
- to spell (use a particular combination of letters to make a word)
- to write (use handwriting)
- to write (produce texts, work as an author)
- Present (er/sie/es)
- schreibt
- Preterite
- schrieb
- Past participle
- hat geschrieben
Schreibst du mir?
Will you write to me?
Er schreibt Bücher.
He writes books.
Er schreibt gut.
He is a good writer.
- domicile; dwelling; lodging; abode; accommodation (any place someone lives in for a span of time longer than a holiday)
- flat; apartment (such a place when it occupies only part of a building)
- Article
- die Wohnung
- Plural
- die Wohnungen
- Genitive
- des Wohnung
In meiner Wohnung.
In my apartment.
Es ist deine Wohnung.
It's your home.
Es ist Ihre Wohnung.
It's your home.
- to have a name; to be named; to be called; but implying that one “owns” this name, not necessarily that one goes by it
- to mean, to signify; to have a meaning
- to say, to be said; to go, run (like)
- to call (someone something)
- Present (er/sie/es)
- heißt
- Preterite
- hieß
- Past participle
- hat geheißen
Wie heißt du?
What is your name?
Nein heißt nein.
No means no.
Wie heißt sie?
What's her name?
= bedeuten= nennen= anweisen= auffordern= aufrufen
- a class; a grouping
- class; excellence
- Article
- die Klasse
- Plural
- die Klassen
- Genitive
- des Klasse
Nimm unsere Klasse.
Take our class.
Du hast Klasse.
You got class.
Er ist in meiner Klasse.
He's in my class.
- mouth of a person
- Article
- der Mund
- Plural
- die Münder
- Genitive
- des Mundes
Mach den Mund auf.
Open your mouth.
Der Mann hat einen großen Mund.
That guy's got a big mouth.
Mach den Mund auf, wenn du kannst.
Open your mouth if you can.
= Maul= Gosche= Fresse= Klappe= Schnauze
- to read (to look at and understand symbols, words, or data)
- to read (to give off a certain impression while being read; of a text)
- to select and gather or harvest (grapes, etc.)
- Present (er/sie/es)
- liest
- Preterite
- las
- Past participle
- hat gelesen
Lesen Sie vor.
Now read me the letter.
Sie liest nie.
She never reads.
Was liest du?
What're you reading?
- to like (something or someone)
- would like; to want (something)
- would like; to want
- to want to; would like to; to wish to
- Present (er/sie/es)
- mag
- Preterite
- mochte
- Past participle
- hat gemocht
Ich mag beide.
I like both.
= vermögen
- eight (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 8; or describing a set with eight elements)
Es sind acht!
"There's eight of them!
Er ist acht.
He is eight.
Sie ist acht.
She is eight.
- table (a piece of furniture with a relatively deep surface at roughly waist or knee level); specific uses include:
- meal (food served or eaten as a repast)
- Article
- der Tisch
- Plural
- die Tische
- Genitive
- des Tisches
Das ist ein Tisch.
That's a table.
Ich habe einen Tisch.
I have a table.
Mach den Tisch frei.
Clear the table.
= Esstisch= Schreibtisch= Werktisch= Arbeitstisch
- hotel
- Article
- das Hotel
- Plural
- die Hotels
- Genitive
- des Hotels
Das ist ein Hotel.
This is a hotel.
Ist das unser Hotel?
Is this our hotel?
Wo ist das Hotel?
Where is the hotel?
- answer
- Article
- die Antwort
- Plural
- die Antworten
- Genitive
- des Antwort
Eine nette Antwort.
A nice reply.
Haben Sie Antworten?
Any answers?
Antwort auf was?
Answer to what?
≠ Frage
- seven (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 7; or describing a set with seven elements)
Es ist jetzt sieben.
It is seven now.
Es ist sieben Uhr.
It's seven o'clock.
Eine Woche hat sieben Tage.
A week has seven days.
- new
- modern, recent, latest
- Positive
- neu
- Comparative
- neuer
- Superlative
- am neuesten
Die sind neu.
They're new.
- eye
- germ, bud; eye (potato)
- dot, pip, spot
- drop or globule of grease or fat
- Article
- das Auge
- Plural
- die Augen
- Genitive
- des Auges
Schöne Augen, was?
Pretty eyes, huh?
Ich habe Augen.
I have eyes.
Mach die Augen zu!
Close you eyes.
- window
- time frame
- Article
- das Fenster
- Plural
- die Fenster (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Fensters
Hier ist ein Fenster.
Here's an opening.
Mach das Fenster auf.
Open the window.
Mach dein Fenster auf.
Open your window.
= Zeitfenster
- beer (alcoholic beverage fermented from starch material; a serving of this beverage)
- business, beeswax (personal affairs)
- Article
- das Bier
- Plural
- die Biere
- Genitive
- des Bieres
Und ein Bier?
And a beer?
Jeder trinkt Bier.
Everybody's drinking beer.
Trink ein Bier.
Have a beer.
- small, little, wee (in physical size or extent)
- small, little, young (not grown up)
- insignificant (of little influence or means; of people)
- Positive
- klein
- Comparative
- kleiner
- Superlative
- am kleinsten
Du bist klein.
You're small.
Bist du klein?
Are you short?
Sie sind klein.
They're small.
≠ groß
- sweet
- cute
- Positive
- süß
- Comparative
- süßer
- Superlative
- am süßesten
Noch viel süßer!
much sweeter!
Das ist süß.
That's sweet.
Du bist süß.
You're cute.
= niedlich
- month (division of a year, usually one twelfth ≈ 30 days)
- month (any period of such length)
- month (period between two new moons)
- Article
- der Monat
- Plural
- die Monate
- Genitive
- des Monates
Einen Monat später.
A month later.
Gib mir drei Monate.
Give me three months.
Aus Wochen wurden Monate.
Weeks turned into months.
= Lunarmonat= Mondmonat= Mondumlauf