dasTelefon
201- telephone
- Article
- das Telefon
- Plural
- die Telefone
- Genitive
- des Telefons
Mit dem Telefon!
On the telephone!
Schnell, das Telefon.
Give me the phone, quick.
Ich höre das Telefon.
I hear the phone.
By level
derTitel
202- title
- Article
- der Titel
- Plural
- die Titel (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Titels
Ich konnte mich an den Titel des Liedes nicht erinnern.
I couldn't remember the title of that song.
Was ist der Titel des Buchs?
What's the title of the book?
Wie ist der Titel des Buches?
What's the title of the book?
dieRegion
203- region
- Article
- die Region
- Plural
- die Regionen
- Genitive
- des Region
Man soll an die Welt denken, handeln aber für die Region.
Think globally, act locally.
Eine Familie in der Region bietet dir eine Unterkunft an..
A local family has offered you a place to stay.
Alles Gemüse kommt aus der Region.
All the vegetables are locally grown.
derPlan
204- plan
- project
- technical drawing / diagram
- detailed map
Dictionary wording
- project
- plan (way of procedure)
- technical drawing or diagram
- detailed map
- idea, clue (insight or understanding)
- plot
- Article
- der Plan
- Plural
- die Pläne
- Genitive
- des Planes
Ich habe Pläne.
I have plans.
Wir haben Pläne.
We have plans.
Was ist dein Plan?
What's your plan?
derFehler
205- mistake
- error / fault
Dictionary wording
- fault, error, mistake
- Article
- der Fehler
- Plural
- die Fehler (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Fehlers
Jeder macht Fehler.
Everybody makes mistakes.
Man macht Fehler.
One makes mistakes.
Nicht mein Fehler.
It isn't my fault.
dieKritik
206- criticism
- review
- critique
Dictionary wording
- criticism (negative judgement)
- criticism, review (general judgement)
- critique, review (review of a work of art)
- Article
- die Kritik
- Plural
- die Kritiken
- Genitive
- des Kritik
Ist das Kritik?
A crack?
Sollte keine Kritik sein.
I don't mean to criticize.
Mögen Sie keine Kritik?
Don't you like criticism?
derPass
207- pass
- mountain pass
- pace (gait)
- pass (document)
Dictionary wording
- pass, mountain pass
- pace (2-beat, lateral gait of an animal)
- pass (document granting permission to pass)
- citizenship
- pass (The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.)
- gothic pass (an ornament consisting of several arches)
- Article
- der Pass
- Plural
- die Pässe
- Genitive
- des Passes
Pass auf, du!
You watch yours!
Pass doch auf!
Why don't you be careful?
Wo ist ihr Pass?
Where's your pass?
dieMenge
208- quantity
- multitude
- crowd / gathering of people
- set
- Article
- die Menge
- Plural
- die Mengen
- Genitive
- des Menge
Er weiß eine Menge.
He knows lots.
Das ist eine Menge Arbeit.
It's a lot of work.
Du hast jede Menge Zeit.
You have loads of time.
dasWochenende
209- weekend
Dictionary wording
- weekend (break in the working week, usually Saturday and Sunday)
- Article
- das Wochenende
- Plural
- die Wochenenden
- Genitive
- des Wochenendes
Wie war dein Wochenende?
How was your weekend?
Wie war Ihr Wochenende?
How was your weekend?
Kommst du dieses Wochenende?
Are you coming this weekend?
dasBüro
210- office
- bureau / agency (administrative department)
- staff (of an office)
Dictionary wording
- office (room for working)
- office, bureau, agency (administrative department or service provider)
- the staff of such places
- Article
- das Büro
- Plural
- die Büros
- Genitive
- des Büros
Das ist mein Büro.
This is my office.
Wo ist mein Büro?
Where is my office?
Wessen Büro ist das?
Whose office is this?
dieUnterstützung
211- support
- assistance / backing / endorsement
- that which supports
- helper
Dictionary wording
- support, assistance, backing, also endorsement
- that which supports
- a person; helper
- a contrivance, installation; support pole, bolstering
- financial aid
- assist
- Article
- die Unterstützung
- Plural
- die Unterstützungen
- Genitive
- des Unterstützung
Ich brauche Unterstützung.
I need support.
Ich brauche etwas Unterstützung.
I need some relief.
Wir brauchen deren Unterstützung.
We need their support.
derRuf
212- call
- shout / cry
- reputation
Dictionary wording
- call, shout, cry
- reputation
- Article
- der Ruf
- Plural
- die Rufe
- Genitive
- des Rufes
Ruf deinen Bruder an.
Call your brother.
Ruf meinen Mann an.
Call my husband.
Ruf mich bitte an.
Call me, please.
dasOpfer
213- victim
- sacrifice
- loser / wimp (weak person)
Dictionary wording
- sacrifice
- victim
- loser, wimp (someone weak or dependent; one who cannot stand up for themselves)
- Article
- das Opfer
- Plural
- die Opfer (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Opfers
Gib nicht dem Opfer die Schuld!
Don't blame the victim.
Ich weiß nichts über die Opfer.
I don't know anything about the victims.
Ich habe viele Opfer erbracht, um der zu werden, der ich bin.
I sacrificed a lot to become who I am.
derSchritt
214- step
- footstep
- walk (horse gait)
- crotch
Dictionary wording
- step, footstep (a single instance of walking)
- walk (slow gait of a horse)
- crotch (the area between the human legs close to the genitals or comprising them)
- a pace (any of several obsolete linear measures about as long as a man steps, that is about 70–80 cm)
- any imaginary measure that is likened in its partitioning to the distance traveled by a leg moving forward in its single footsteps
- step, move, stage (the part of a measure in the sense of an action one takes)
- Article
- der Schritt
- Plural
- die Schritte
- Genitive
- des Schrittes
Fahren Sie Schritt!
Drive as fast as a pedestrian walks!
Keinen Schritt weiter!
Stay where you are!
Keinen Schritt weiter.
Not one step further.
dieHölle
215- hell
- Article
- die Hölle
- Plural
- die Höllen
- Genitive
- des Hölle
Krieg ist die Hölle.
War is hell.
Du hast mir das Leben zur Hölle gemacht.
You made my life a living hell.
Ihr habt mir das Leben zur Hölle gemacht.
You made my life a living hell.
dieStraße
216- street / road
- carriageway
- public area
- general public
Dictionary wording
- 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
- the streets, areas or groups of people of no income or criminal affiliation, or the leading of a life associated with these
- strait (channel of water)
- 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?
derMeter
217- meter (unit of length)
- Article
- der Meter
- Plural
- die Meter (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Meters
Es ist etwa 30 Meter weiter.
It's about thirty yards ahead.
Es ist 30 Meter lang.
It is thirty meters in length.
Hast du schon einmal einen über drei Meter langen Hai gesehen?
Have you ever seen a shark over three meters long?
dieLösung
218- solution
- solution (mixture)
- cancellation
- breaking away
Dictionary wording
- solution (answer to a riddle or problem)
- solution (solvent + solute; action of dissolving)
- cancellation
- breaking away
- Article
- die Lösung
- Plural
- die Lösungen
- Genitive
- des Lösung
Hast du keine Lösung?
Have you no solution?
Hier ist die Lösung.
I decided this.
Wir haben eine Lösung.
It's all sorted.
derFilm
219- movie
- film (thin layer)
- photographic film
Dictionary wording
- film (a thin layer of some substance)
- photographic film
- motion picture
- Article
- der Film
- Plural
- die Filme
- Genitive
- des Filmes
Ich mag Filme.
I like movies.
Ich liebe Filme.
I love movies.
Wie war der Film?
How was the movie?
derHund
220- dog
- scoundrel / dog (insult)
- dolly / hand truck (for heavy objects)
Dictionary wording
- 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
= Köter= Töle= Wauwau
Ich mag Hunde.
I like dogs.
Ich liebe Hunde.
I love dogs.
Beide Hunde schlafen.
Both dogs are asleep.
dieMöglichkeit
221- possibility
- likelihood
- option / choice
Dictionary wording
- possibility, likelihood
- option, choice
- Article
- die Möglichkeit
- Plural
- die Möglichkeiten
- Genitive
- des Möglichkeit
Keine richtige Möglichkeit.
No other right way.
Es gäbe eine Möglichkeit.
There's this.
Es ist eine Möglichkeit.
It's a possibility, of course.
dieTat
222Er ist ein Mann der Tat.
He is a man of action.
Ich möchte mich für meine Tat entschuldigen.
I want to apologize for what I did.
Das habe ich in der Tat allein gemacht.
I actually did that by myself.
dieAktie
223Er hat sein Geld in Aktien investiert.
He invested his money in stocks.
Er investierte sein Geld in Aktien.
He invested his money in stocks.
Er hat 500 000 Yen in Aktien investiert.
He invested 500,000 yen in stocks.
derRahmen
224- frame
- scope
- to frame (verb)
- to cream (verb)
Dictionary wording
- frame, scope
- to frame
- to cream
- Article
- der Rahmen
- Plural
- die Rahmen (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Rahmens
Hol die Rahmen.
Go get the frames.
Ein sehr teurer Rahmen.
It's a very expensive frame.
Zeigen Sie ihm diesen Rahmen.
Go ahead, look!
derKönig
225- king
- (chess, card games) king
- (surname) König
Dictionary wording
- king (monarch, chess, card games)
- a common surname transferred from the nickname
- Article
- der König
- Plural
- die Könige
- Genitive
- des Königes
Das ist der König.
This is the king.
Er war ein guter König.
He was a good king.
Er war ganz ein König.
He was every inch a king.
dieGesellschaft
226- society
- company (presence of others)
- company (group of people)
- society (organized group with common interests)
Dictionary wording
- company (presence of other people in general)
- company (group of people)
- society, the public (abstract concept of an organised social group or a local population in general)
- society (organised group of people with common interests)
- company, corporation (collection of people and assets with a legal identity, which may or may not be separate from that of its members)
- Article
- die Gesellschaft
- Plural
- die Gesellschaften
- Genitive
- des Gesellschaft
Ich habe Gesellschaft.
I have company. / I'm not alone.
Da kam eine Gesellschaft.
There came a group of people.
Ich bin Gesellschaft gewohnt.
I´mm used to having people around.
derStart
227- start
- beginning point of a race
- takeoff / liftoff
Dictionary wording
- start (beginning of a project)
- start (beginning point of a race)
- takeoff, liftoff (beginning of a flight)
- Article
- der Start
- Plural
- die Starts
- Genitive
- des Startes
Wir hatten einen sehr guten Start.
We had a really good start.
Der Start meines Flugzeugs hatte sich um zwei Stunden verspätet.
My plane's departure was delayed by two hours.
Der Läufer hatte einen guten Start.
The runner got a good start.
derHöhenmeter
228- vertical meter
- elevation gain
- Article
- der Höhenmeter
- Plural
- die Höhenmeter (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Höhenmeters
dasFeuer
229- fire
- fire (instance of burning)
- firing (act)
- lighter / matches (means for lighting)
Dictionary wording
- fire (chemical process)
- fire (instance of something burning)
- fire; the act of firing
- a means for lighting a fire, i.e. a lighter or matches
- Article
- das Feuer
- Plural
- die Feuer (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Feuers
Das Feuer geht aus.
The fire's going out.
Das Feuer ging aus.
The fire is out.
Das ist ein Feuer.
It's a fire.
dieBehörde
230- authority
Dictionary wording
- authority (governmental institution)
- Article
- die Behörde
- Plural
- die Behörden
- Genitive
- des Behörde
Wir sollten die Behörden informieren.
We'd better get word to the authorities.
Er hat Einfluss auf die Behörden.
But I had no idea he had such influence with the authorities.
Ich habe sofort die Behörden eingeschaltet.
I called the authorities right away.
derBeginn
231- beginning
- start
Dictionary wording
- start, beginning
- Article
- der Beginn
- Plural
- die Beginne
- Genitive
- des Beginnes
Die Karten waren vom Beginn des Spiels an gegen sie.
It turned out that the cards were stacked against her from the beginning of the game.
Ich hoffe, dass das der Beginn einer wunderbaren Freundschaft ist.
I hope that this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Ich wusste zu Beginn unserer Beziehung gar nichts von Toms Berühmtheit.
I didn't know Tom was famous when we started dating.
dieStelle
232- place, spot
- location / spot (on skin or surface)
- passage / part (of a text, film, music)
- point (in progress)
Dictionary wording
- location, spot (specific location in space, relevant in context but typically otherwise unmarked)
- spot (specific location on skin or another surface, often featuring damage or a different property)
- spot, part, bit (brief section of a book, movie, piece of music, etc., typically encompassing a few seconds or lines at most)
- point (situation or status reached by a certain amount of progress through an endeavor)
- place, position (position within a certain ordering or ranking)
- position specifically in terms of importance (both of opinions and objective evaluations of influence)
- Article
- die Stelle
- Plural
- die Stellen
- Genitive
- des Stelle
Stellen Sie das hin!
(Groaning) Put that down!
Ich will diese Stelle.
I want that job.
Du hast die Stelle.
You got the job.
derKumpel
233- buddy / mate / pal
- miner
Dictionary wording
- miner
- buddy, mate, pal, friend, homeboy
- Article
- der Kumpel
- Plural
- die Kumpel (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Kumpels
Was geht ab, Kumpel?
What's up, dude?
Was immer du sagst, Kumpel.
Whatever you say, buddy.
Tom ist ja mein Kumpel.
Tom is my friend, you know.
derKaffee
234- coffee
- afternoon coffee / coffee and cake
Dictionary wording
- 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
= Kaffee und Kuchen
Hier dein Kaffee.
Here's your coffee.
Das ist Kaffee.
That's coffee.
Ich mag Kaffee.
I love coffee.
dieLuft
235- air
- atmosphere
- breeze / breath
Dictionary wording
- air, atmosphere
- breeze, zephyr, breath
- Article
- die Luft
- Plural
- die Lüfte
- Genitive
- des Luft
Er ging in die Luft.
He went ballistic.
Liebe liegt in der Luft.
Love is in the air.
Mir ging die Luft aus.
I ran out of breath.
dasAngebot
236- offer
- quote / estimate
- sale / bargain
- range of products or services
Dictionary wording
- offer, proposition
- quote, estimate, offer (as made by an artisan)
- sale, bargain, offer (with a lowered price)
- a range of products or services provided by a company or institution
- a product, service, facility, or activity made available to consumers or users
- supply (as in supply and demand)
- Article
- das Angebot
- Plural
- die Angebote
- Genitive
- des Angebots
Mein Angebot steht.
You know my standing offer.
Sie kennen mein Angebot.
That's my best offer.
Das ist mein Angebot.
That's my proposition.
dieWahl
237- choice
- election
- quality level
- a surname
Dictionary wording
- choice, selection
- election (process of choosing a leader or representatives)
- quality level
- a surname
- Article
- die Wahl
- Plural
- die Wahlen
- Genitive
- des Wahl
eine Wahl treffen.
to make a choice.
Triff deine Wahl.
Make your choice.
Ich habe keine Wahl.
I have no choice.
dasProjekt
238- project
- Article
- das Projekt
- Plural
- die Projekte
- Genitive
- des Projektes
Vielleicht ein weiteres Projekt.
Maybe we struck a rival project.
Das ist mein Projekt.
That's my plan.
Wie läuft dein Projekt?
How's your project going?
derExperte
239- expert
- Article
- der Experte
- Plural
- die Experten
- Genitive
- des Experten
Bist du Experte?
Are you an expert?
Ja, ich bin Experte.
Yes, I'm an expert.
Vergessen wir die Experten.
Let's ignore the experts.
dieSuche
240- search
- (place name) German name of several villages in Poland and Ukraine
Dictionary wording
- search
- German name of any of several villages, including three in what is now Poland and two in Ukraine
- Article
- die Suche
- Plural
- die Suchen
- Genitive
- des Suche
Suche nicht nach uns!
Don't look for us.
Suchen Sie einen Job?
Are you looking for a job?
Suchen Sie nach mir?
Are you looking for me?
dasBuch
241- book
- books (accounting records)
- omasum (ruminant stomach compartment)
- place name (municipalities in Austria and Germany)
Dictionary wording
- book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication)
- books (accounting records)
- omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
- a municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria
- a municipality of Bavaria, Germany
- either of two municipalities in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Article
- das Buch
- Plural
- die Bücher
- Genitive
- des Buches
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.
dasQuartal
242- quarter (of a year)
- city block / district
Dictionary wording
- a quarter year
- city block, district, quartal
- Article
- das Quartal
- Plural
- die Quartale
- Genitive
- des Quartales
Die Verkäufe gingen im dritten Quartal zurück.
Sales fell off in the third quarter.
dieVersion
243- version
- Article
- die Version
- Plural
- die Versionen
- Genitive
- des Version
Meine Version war offensichtlich besser.
My version was obviously superior.
Bleiben Sie bei Ihrer Version.
Stay with your own story, Joe.
Ihre Version will ich nicht.
It's not your version I want to hear.
derArzt
244- doctor
- physician
Dictionary wording
- doctor, physician (male or of unspecified gender) (without necessarily having a postgraduate degree)
- Article
- der Arzt
- Plural
- die Ärzte
- Genitive
- des Arztes
Ich bin Arzt.
I'm a medic.
Ich war Arzt.
I was a doctor.
Ist er Arzt?
Is he a doctor?
derVersuch
245- attempt
- experiment / test / trial
- try
- Article
- der Versuch
- Plural
- die Versuche
- Genitive
- des Versuches
Versuchen wir es!
Let's try!
Versuch zu schlafen.
Try to get some sleep.
Nur ein Versuch.
Please let me try.
derBerliner
246- Berliner (person from Berlin)
- of Berlin (adjective)
- Berliner (pastry)
Dictionary wording
- Berliner (male or of unspecified sex) (a native or inhabitant of Berlin)
- of Berlin
- Berliner (a pastry similar to a doughnut (donut), with a sweet filling)
- Article
- der Berliner
- Plural
- die Berliner (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Berliners
Darf ich einen dieser Berliner essen?
Would it be OK if I ate one of these donuts?
Einen Kaffee und einen Berliner bitte.
I'll have coffee and a donut.
Nimm dir einen Berliner!
Have a donut.
derBericht
247- report
- account
- news story
Dictionary wording
- report, account, news story
- Article
- der Bericht
- Plural
- die Berichte
- Genitive
- des Berichtes
Hier sind Ihre Berichte.
Here are your reports.
Ich lese den Bericht.
I'll read.
Hier ist mein Bericht.
Here's my report.
dasGericht
248- court (of justice)
- judgement / judgment
- dish (a type of prepared food)
- Article
- das Gericht
- Plural
- die Gerichte
- Genitive
- des Gerichtes
Wir sehen uns vor Gericht!
I'll see you in court.
Vor Gericht können wir alle nichts dafür.
Before the judge, we all "can't help it".
Ich werde Sie nicht vor Gericht bringen.
I'm not going to sue you.
derOnkel
249- 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.
dieParty
250- party (social gathering)
- Article
- die Party
- Plural
- die Partys
- Genitive
- des Party
Eine schöne Party!
Charming party.
Vielleicht keine Party.
Well, maybe not a party.
Ich liebe Partys.
I love parties.
dasProgramm
251- program
- schedule / programming
- show / program (single item)
Dictionary wording
- program (set of structured ideas or activities; a list thereof)
- schedule; programming (whole of a station’s shows; their chronological order; a list thereof)
- a single item of this schedule; a program; show
- program
- Article
- das Programm
- Plural
- die Programme
- Genitive
- des Programmes
Das volle Programm!
Shoot the works, you know.
Zeigt mal das Programm.
Show me the program.
Bitte hier, neues Programm.
Please here, new program.
dieBevölkerung
252- population
- Article
- die Bevölkerung
- Plural
- die Bevölkerungen
- Genitive
- des Bevölkerung
Ist die Bevölkerung arm?
Are the people poor?
Die Bevölkerung sieht es anders.
The people of this state don't think so.
Die Bevölkerung dieser Stadt wird jedes Jahr kleiner.
The population of this city is decreasing every year.
dasGefühl
253- feeling
- sense / instinct
Dictionary wording
- feeling (either physical sensation or emotion)
- sense of something, instinct
- Article
- das Gefühl
- Plural
- die Gefühle
- Genitive
- des Gefühls
Ich kenne das Gefühl.
I know the feeling.
Auch Männer haben Gefühle.
Guys have feelings, too.
Zeige deine Gefühle nicht.
Don't let your feelings show.
dieMeinung
254- opinion
- Article
- die Meinung
- Plural
- die Meinungen
- Genitive
- des Meinung
Ihre Meinung interessiert nicht.
We are not interested in your opinion.
Ich bin deiner Meinung.
We think alike.
Ich habe eine Meinung.
I have an opinion.
dieGrenze
255- border
- limit
- frontier / boundary
Dictionary wording
- border
- limit
- frontier
- boundary
- Article
- die Grenze
- Plural
- die Grenzen
- Genitive
- des Grenze
= Gemerke
Die Grenzen des Wissens.
The frontiers of knowledge.
Hier ist die Grenze.
This is the border.
Alles hat seine Grenzen.
There is a limit to everything.
dasStück
256- piece
- item / unit
- head (animal)
- work (of art)
Dictionary wording
- one, item, piece, unit(of something countable; often untranslated in English)
- head (a single animal)
- piece (portion of something bigger or of an uncountable mass)
- Something of artistic or historic value; piece of art (of any kind, but less common of novels and films)
- a person, often female
- piece (artillery gun)
- Article
- das Stück
- Plural
- die Stücke
- Genitive
- des Stückes
Wie heißt das Stück?
What's the name of that piece?
Willst du ein Stück?
Do you want a bit?
Ich glaube ihm kein Stück.
I don't believe him at all.
dasTor
257- gate
- goal (in sports)
- fool (person with poor judgment)
Dictionary wording
- gate, archway (passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry)
- gate, door (large doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall)
- gateway (point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another)
- goal, net (area into which the players attempt to put a ball)
- goal (The act of scoring a goal in sports where doing so is the object)
- fool (person with poor judgment or little intelligence)
- Article
- das Tor
- Plural
- die Tore
- Genitive
- des Tores
Ich warte vor dem Tore.
I'll wait at the gate.
Das Tor ging auf.
The gate opened.
Wo ist das Tor?
Where is the gate?
dasDetail
258- detail
- Article
- das Detail
- Plural
- die Details
- Genitive
- des Details
Entschuldigung, aber ich muss los. Ich habe keine Zeit, das im Detail zu erklären.
Sorry, but I have to hurry. I have no time to explain this in detail.
Ich habe keine Zeit, um Ihnen das im Detail zu erklären.
I don't have enough time to explain that to you in detail.
Ich habe keine Zeit, um dir das im Detail zu erklären.
I don't have enough time to explain that to you in detail.
dasLicht
259- light
- light source / lamp
- candle
- eye of game
Dictionary wording
- light (electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum)
- light (a light source, often artificial)
- candle
- eye of game, especially ground game
- sparse (e.g. of hair or a forest)
- bright, light (also of eyes, etc.)
- Article
- das Licht
- Plural
- die Lichter
- Genitive
- des Lichtes
Das Licht funktioniert nicht.
The light doesn't work.
Das Licht ging an.
The light went on.
Das Licht ging aus.
The light went out.
derHimmel
260- sky
- heaven
- canopy
- headliner (interior fabric covering the roof of a vehicle)
- Article
- der Himmel
- Plural
- die Himmel (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Himmels
Der Himmel ist klar.
The sky is clear.
Der Himmel war klar.
The sky was clear.
Weiß der Himmel, warum.
Heaven knows why.
dieNachricht
261- message
- news / piece of news
- notification
- news broadcast
Dictionary wording
- news, piece of news, notification
- message (information which is sent from a source to a receiver)
- news (kind of broadcast)
- Article
- die Nachricht
- Plural
- die Nachrichten
- Genitive
- des Nachricht
Nachrichten sind Nachrichten.
After all, news is news.
Ich habe schlechte Nachrichten.
I've got bad news for you.
Wir sind ohne Nachricht.
We are without news. That's your fault!
dieSicht
262- view
- sight
- visibility
- point of view / aspect
- Article
- die Sicht
- Plural
- die Sichten
- Genitive
- des Sicht
Lassen Sie mich Ihnen meine Sicht der Geschichte erzählen.
Let me tell you my side of the story.
Erst am nächsten Morgen war Land in Sicht.
It wasn't until the next morning that we saw land.
Lass mich dir meine Sicht der Geschichte erzählen.
Let me tell you my side of the story.
dieErde
263- earth
- soil
- the ground
- world / planet Earth
Dictionary wording
- earth
- soil
- the ground
- a world; a space to live in
- the planet Earth
- Article
- die Erde
- Plural
- die Erden
- Genitive
- des Erde
Es ist wahr, dass die Erde rund ist.
It is true that the earth is round.
Ich war der glücklichste Mann auf der Erde.
I was the happiest man on earth.
Es gibt viele Kulturen auf der Erde.
There are many cultures on Earth.
derSchlüssel
264- key
Dictionary wording
- a key
- Article
- der Schlüssel
- Plural
- die Schlüssel (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Schlüssels
Schlüssel für 515, bitte.
Key for 515, please.
Meinen Schlüssel, bitte. 168.
My key, 168.
Nimm die Schlüssel!
Take the keys.
derRest
265- rest, remainder
- remnant
- radical
- a surname
Dictionary wording
- rest, remainder, remnant
- radical
- a surname
- Article
- der Rest
- Plural
- die Reste
- Genitive
- des Restes
Den Rest weißt du.
You know the rest.
Den Rest wissen Sie.
You know the rest.
Der Rest ist egal.
The rest doesn't matter.
derSprecher
266- speaker
- announcer / newsreader
- spokesperson / representative
- speaker of a language
Dictionary wording
- a speaker; one who speaks (male or unspecified sex); especially:
- one who speaks in a presentation or performance, such as a radio drama or voiceover
- an announcer, newsreader
- a spokesperson, representative
- a speaker of a given language
- Article
- der Sprecher
- Plural
- die Sprecher (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Sprechers
Der Sprecher weinte.
The announcer was crying.
Der Sprecher ist jung.
The speaker is young.
Sogar der Sprecher musste lachen.
Even the announcer was laughing.
dasGefängnis
267- prison
- jail (building)
- prison sentence
Dictionary wording
- prison, jail (building)
- prison sentence
- Article
- das Gefängnis
- Plural
- die Gefängnisse
- Genitive
- des Gefängnisses
= Bau= Bunker= Haftanstalt= Justizvollzugsanstalt= Kerker
Er ist im Gefängnis.
He's in prison.
Ich bin im Gefängnis.
I'm in jail.
Ich bin jetzt im Gefängnis.
I'm in prison now.
derKörper
268- body
- solid (three-dimensional object)
- field (algebraic structure)
Dictionary wording
- body (of a person, animal, etc.)
- body
- body, solid (three-dimensional object)
- field (algebraic structure with addition and multiplication)
- Article
- der Körper
- Plural
- die Körper (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Körpers
Sie haben die Wahl unter 1000 Körpern.
You shall have your choice of 1,000 bodies.
Auch durften die Hände nicht vor den Körper gebracht werden.
Also, the actor couldn't pass his hands in front of himself.
Dieser Körper ist nicht tot.
That body is not dead.
dieRunde
269- round
- circle / group (of people)
- lap (race)
- round (of drinks, boxing, cards)
Dictionary wording
- round (of drinks)
- circle, group (constellation of friends or colleagues engaging in a shared activity)
- round (circular or repetitious route)
- lap (one circuit around a race track)
- round (in boxing, in a card game, etc.)
- Article
- die Runde
- Plural
- die Runden
- Genitive
- des Runde
Noch eine Runde?
Another round?
Gleich zu Runde 2.
Round two coming up.
Wer hat diese Runde gewonnen?
Well, who won that round?
derMist
270- manure
- crap / bullshit
- rubbish / garbage / waste
- crap! / darn! (interjection)
Dictionary wording
- manure (domestic animals’ excrement mixed with hay)
- crap, bullshit
- rubbish, garbage, waste
- crap! darn! (expresses mild annoyance)
- Article
- der Mist
- Genitive
- des Mistes
Menschen machen manchmal Mist.
People do stupid things sometimes.
Mist gehört in den Mist.
Trash belongs in the trash.
Wir haben wirklich Mist gemacht.
We really messed up.
derKilometer
271- kilometer
Dictionary wording
- kilometer (unit of measure)
- Article
- der Kilometer
- Plural
- die Kilometer (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Kilometers
Nein, genau 49,07 Kilometer.
No, precisely 30.495 miles per hour.
Es sind nur 24 Kilometer.
It's only 15 miles.
Es sind gut 700 Kilometer.
Northfield's 450 miles from here.
dasSystem
272Ein gutes System.
It's a good system.
Kein System ist perfekt.
No system is perfect.
Ich habe kein System.
I don't have a system.
dieSerie
273- series
Dictionary wording
- series (a number of things that follow on one after the other)
- Article
- die Serie
- Plural
- die Serien
- Genitive
- des Serie
Die Serie geht gleich los.
The show is about to start.
Welche Serien sehen Sie gern?
Which shows do you like to watch?
Welche Serien seht ihr gern?
Which shows do you like to watch?
derSex
274- sex
- sexuality
- sex appeal
Dictionary wording
- sex (sexual intercourse)
- sexuality
- sex appeal
- Article
- der Sex
- Genitive
- des Sexes
derVertrag
275- contract
- agreement
- treaty
Dictionary wording
- contract, agreement
- treaty
- Article
- der Vertrag
- Plural
- die Verträge
- Genitive
- des Vertrages
Es gibt Verträge.
Have we obligations?
Vertrag ist Vertrag.
Business is business.
Hier sind die Verträge.
Here are the contracts.
derSport
276- sport
- athletics / exercise
- physical education / phys ed
Dictionary wording
- sport (athletic activity that uses physical skills competitively under a set of rules)
- athletics, sports, exercise (physical activities (not necessarily with fixed rules) requiring stamina, fitness and skill)
- physical education, phys ed (element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health etc.)
- Article
- der Sport
- Plural
- die Sporte
- Genitive
- des Sports
Ich mag Sport.
I like sports.
Ich liebe Sport.
I like sports.
Magst du Sport?
Do you like sports?
dieWohnung
277- apartment
- flat
- dwelling / lodging / accommodation
Dictionary wording
- 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.
dasInterview
278- interview
Dictionary wording
- interview (journalistic dialogue)
- Article
- das Interview
- Plural
- die Interviews
- Genitive
- des Interviews
Ich hasse Interviews.
I hate interviews.
Gibst du gern Interviews?
Do you like doing interviews?
Wie war dein Interview?
How was your interview?
derPolitiker
279- politician
- Article
- der Politiker
- Plural
- die Politiker (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Politikers
Das sind Politiker.
They're politicians.
Ich bin Politiker.
I'm a politician.
Ich bin kein Politiker.
Father, I am not a politician.
dasKrankenhaus
280- hospital
- Article
- das Krankenhaus
- Plural
- die Krankenhäuser
- Genitive
- des Krankenhauses
Es ist kein Krankenhaus.
It isn't a hospital.
Wo ist das Krankenhaus?
Where's the hospital?
Das ist kein Krankenhaus.
This is not a hospital.
dieKlasse
281- class
- form / grade / year
- social class
- excellence
Dictionary wording
- a class; a grouping
- form; grade; year
- class (grouping based on upbringing, job, wealth, etc.)
- class
- class; excellence
- great, awesome
- 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.
derKonzern
282- corporate group
- business group
Dictionary wording
- business group, corporate group
- Article
- der Konzern
- Plural
- die Konzerne
- Genitive
- des Konzernes
Es ist ein Konzern.
Well, it's a corporation.
Er gehört einem Konzern.
A corporation owns it.
Was für ein Strom-Konzern?
What power company?
derSinn
283- sense
- meaning / point
- mind / consciousness
- feeling
Dictionary wording
- sense
- meaning, sense (the objects or concept that a word or phrase denotes, or that which a sentence says)
- point, idea, tenor
- mind, consciousness
- feeling
- sense, sensus, aesthesia
- Article
- der Sinn
- Plural
- die Sinne
- Genitive
- des Sinnes
Das hat keinen Sinn.
This makes no sense.
Das macht keinen Sinn.
This makes no sense.
Es hat keinen Sinn.
It's pointless.
derTäter
284- perpetrator
- delinquent
- doer / one who does
Dictionary wording
- perpetrator, delinquent
- doer, one who does
- Article
- der Täter
- Plural
- die Täter (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Täters
Die Polizei hält dich für den Täter.
The police think that you did it.
Die Polizei hält Tom für den Täter.
The police think that Tom did it.
Stimmt es, dass Tom der Täter war?
Is it true that Tom was the one who did that?
dieApp
285Gibt es dafür eine App?
Is there an app for that?
Wie heißt diese App?
What's the name of this app?
Ich habe die App gelöscht.
I deleted the app.
dieHälfte
286- half
- share / portion
- middle
Dictionary wording
- half; fifty percent of something
- half, share; any of two correlating pieces, whatever the size
- middle; the virtual line where two equal halves meet
- Article
- die Hälfte
- Plural
- die Hälften
- Genitive
- des Hälfte
Die Hälfte von dem, was ich sage, meine ich gar nicht so.
I don't mean half of what I say.
Du hast noch nicht einmal die Hälfte davon gehört.
You haven't heard the half of it yet.
Ihr habt noch nicht einmal die Hälfte davon gehört.
You haven't heard the half of it yet.
dieSekunda
287- second class of Gymnasium
- sixth/seventh class of Gymnasium
Dictionary wording
- the sixth and seventh class of Gymnasium
- the second class of Gymnasium
- Article
- die Sekunda
- Plural
- die Sekunden
- Genitive
- des Sekunda
Es bleiben dir nur zehn Sekunden zu leben.
You have only ten seconds left to live.
Du hast noch zehn Sekunden zu leben.
You have ten seconds left to live.
Ich bin in zwei Sekunden da!
I'll be there in two seconds.
derChef
288- boss
- chief
Dictionary wording
- boss, chief
- Article
- der Chef
- Plural
- die Chefs
- Genitive
- des Chefs
Bleiben Sie da, Chef.
Stay here, colonel.
Wo ist der Chef?
Where is the boss?
Er ist mein Chef.
He is my boss.
derBoden
289- ground, floor
- soil / earth
- sea bottom (Meeresboden)
- attic / garret / loft
Dictionary wording
- ground, soil
- sea bottom (typically called Meeresboden)
- any defined type of soil
- floor
- attic, garret, loft
- flooring, floor cover (often used in this sense in compound nouns: Teppichboden, Parkettboden)
- Article
- der Boden
- Plural
- die Böden
- Genitive
- des Bodens
Auf dem Boden.
I heard him knocking!
Alle auf den Boden!
Everybody down!
Ich bin auf dem Boden.
I'm in the attic.
derUS-Dollar
290- US dollar
Dictionary wording
- US dollar (official currency of the United States)
- Article
- der US-Dollar
- Plural
- die US-Dollars
- Genitive
- des US-Dollars
derBoss
291- boss
Dictionary wording
- boss (person in charge, supervisor)
- boss
- Article
- der Boss
- Plural
- die Bosse
- Genitive
- des Bosses
Du bist mein Boss.
You're my boss.
Hier bin ich der Boss.
I'm the boss around here.
Hast du den neuen Boss getroffen?
Have you met the new boss?
dieStimme
292- voice
- vote
- call of an animal
Dictionary wording
- voice (speaking or singing), call of an animal
- vote (a person's submission in an election or voting process)
- Article
- die Stimme
- Plural
- die Stimmen
- Genitive
- des Stimme
Du hast meine Stimme.
You've got my vote.
Gib mir deine Stimme!
Vote for me!
Ich kenne diese Stimme.
I know that voice.
derBürger
293- citizen
- inhabitant / resident
- bourgeois / burgher (middle class)
- a German surname
Dictionary wording
- citizen, inhabitant, resident; legally recognized inhabitant of a city or state
- bourgeois, burgher, member of the middle class
- burgher, freeman, usually richer and/or more influential than a peasant/worker but poorer and/or less influential than a nobleman
- a German surname
- Article
- der Bürger
- Plural
- die Bürger (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Bürgers
Aber was ist mit den Bürgern?
But what of the peasants?
Hier las der normale Bürger, was er gern lesen wollte.
Over here, John Q. still read what he pleased.
Sonntags ging der normale Bürger in die Kirche seiner Wahl.
And on Sunday, if he felt like it, John Q. went to any church he pleased.
dieForm
294- shape
- form (order of doing things)
- Article
- die Form
- Plural
- die Formen
- Genitive
- des Form
Ich bin noch immer recht gut in Form.
I'm still in pretty good shape.
Was machst du, um in Form zu bleiben?
What do you do to stay in shape?
Du bist besser in Form als ich.
You're in better shape than I am.
dieFührung
295- leadership
- management / command
- conducted tour
- conduct
Dictionary wording
- lead
- leadership
- command
- management
- conducted tour
- conduct
- Article
- die Führung
- Plural
- die Führungen
- Genitive
- des Führung
Danke für die Führung heute!
Thank you for showing me around today.
Wann ist die nächste Führung?
When is the next guided tour?
Danke für die Führung!
Thanks for showing me around.
derMund
296- mouth
- hand
- legal protection
Dictionary wording
- mouth of a person
- hand
- legal protection
- 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.
dieGefahr
297- danger
- hazard / peril / risk
- threat
Dictionary wording
- danger, hazard, peril, risk
- threat
- Article
- die Gefahr
- Plural
- die Gefahren
- Genitive
- des Gefahr
Wir sind in Gefahr.
We're in danger.
Hier ist keine Gefahr.
There's no danger here.
Sie sind in Gefahr.
You're in danger.
dasZeug
298- stuff
- gear / equipment
- material
- fabric / clothing
Dictionary wording
- stuff, gear, equipment
- material
- fabric, clothing, clothes
- garbage, rubbish, anything bad or harmful
- Article
- das Zeug
- Plural
- die Zeuge
- Genitive
- des Zeuges
= Dreck= Firlefanz= Flitter= Gedöns= Gelumpe
Unser Zeug ist weg.
Our stuff is gone.
Was ist dieses Zeug?
What's this stuff?
Hast du das Zeug dazu?
Do you have what it takes?
derLaden
299- shop, store
- pub / bar / restaurant (entertainment establishment)
- group / company / party (organized group)
- shutter (window)
Dictionary wording
- shop, store (establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well)
- any establishment entertaining guests, especially a pub or bar, but also a hotel, restaurant, discotheque, etc.
- a (usually organised) group of people and its affairs: a company, political party, club, school, etc.
- shutter (window shutter)
- loading
- to load (something) e.g. into a container or onto a vehicle, to load up
- Article
- der Laden
- Plural
- die Läden
- Genitive
- des Ladens
Ich hasse diesen Laden.
I hate this store.
Ich liebe diesen Laden.
I love that store.
Der Laden hat zu.
The store's closed.
derMörder
300- murderer
- assassin / killer / slayer
Dictionary wording
- murderer, assassin, assassinator, killer, slayer (male or of unspecified gender)
- Article
- der Mörder
- Plural
- die Mörder (unchanged)
- Genitive
- des Mörders
Du bist ein Mörder.
You're a murderer.
Sie sind ein Mörder.
You're a murderer.
Wir sind keine Mörder.
We're not killers.
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