Common German Words

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400	hoch	©
1. adj. high, tall
2. adj. high, great, immense
3. adj. grand, important
4. adv. up, upwards
5. adv. (colloquial figurative) northwards
401	dachte	©
1. v. first-person singular preterite of denken
2. v. third-person singular preterite of denken
	denken
1. v. to think
2. v. not to forget; to remember (to bring along, etc.)
402	brauchen	©
1. v. to need, to be in need of, to require
Ich brauche deine Hilfe. - I need your help.
Ich brauche nie lang. - I never need long.
Dafür brauchen wir dringend eine politische Lösung. - For this, we urgently need a political solution.
2. v. to need to, to have to (in negation or with the adverb nur)
403	hält
1. v. third-person singular present of halten
	halten
1. v. to hold
2. v. to stop; to halt; to hold back
3. v. to support; to hold up
4. v. to keep; to maintain; to hold
404	glauben
1. v. to believe something (consider true)
Glaubst du diese Geschichte? - Do you believe this story?
2. v. to believe in (think something exists, or have confidence in someone’s ability)
Glaubst du an Engel? - Do you believe in angels?
Woran glaubst du? - What do you believe in?
405	bereits
1. adv. already
ich - Ich wissen
406	eigenen
1. adj. form of eigen
	eigen
1. adj. own, peculiar or private to someone, idiosyncratic, proper or proprietary
407	nix
1. pron. (colloquial) Alternative form of nichts, , nothing
Ich hab nix gesehen. - I saw nothing.
2. interj. no way!
Nix! Jetzt ist Schluss hier! - No way! That's it now!
408	selber
1. pron. self, oneself, myself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
2. pron. alone, on one's own, by oneself
3. pron. the same
409	herum
1. adv. about, around.
Er lief herum. - He ran around.
410	Wort
1. n. (plural Wörter) word as an isolated unit
Im Deutschen gibt es wenig Wörter, die mit y geschrieben werden. - In German there are few words spelt with y.
2. n. (plural Worte) utterance, word with context
Er erklärte das Problem mit wenigen Worten. - He explained the problem in few words.
Keiner wagte dem Wort des Königs zu widersprechen. - No one dared contradict the king's word.
411	Platz
1. n. (architecture) square, plaza, piazza
Marktplatz - Market square
2. n. (architecture) circus
3. n. space, room
Hier ist kein Platz. - There is no room here.
412	solche
1. pron. feminine singular of solch
2. pron. plural of solch
3. pron. nominative singular of solch
4. pron. accusative singular of solch
413	scheint
1. v. third-person singular present of scheinen
2. v. second-person plural present of scheinen
3. v. plural imperative of scheinen
	scheinen
1. v. to shine; to gleam
2. v. (copulative) to seem; to appear; to look
414	Fenster
1. n-n. window
sich weit aus dem Fenster lehnen. - to go out on a limb.
Sie schaute auf dem Fenster. - She looked out the window
2. n-n. (figuratively) time frame
415	fertig	©
1. adj. (of something made) ready for use; done; fully prepared
Der Kaffee ist fertig. - The coffee’s ready.
2. adj. (of a task to be completed) done; finished; complete
Die Arbeit ist fertig. - The work is done.
3. adj. (informal, of something limited by time) finished; over
416	nächsten
1. adj. superlative of nah
2. adj. form of nah, sten
	nächster
1. adj. next, following
2. adj. form of nah, ster
417	Ruhe
1. n. calm, relative quietness (absence of loud sounds)
2. n. calmness, serenity
3. n. rest, repose
418	denken	©
1. v. to think
Ich denke, also bin ich. - I think, therefore I am.
Er denkt gewichtige Dinge. - He is thinking weighty thoughts.
Ich denke an früher. - I am thinking about the past.
2. v. not to forget; to remember (to bring along, etc.)
419	je
1. adv. ever
2. adv. per
3. adv. (with “desto”, “umso” or “je”) the
je mehr, desto besser - the more the better
je früher, umso besser - the sooner the better

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