Common German Words

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760	Telefon
1. n-n. telephone
761	fand
1. v. first-person singular preterite of finden
2. v. third-person singular preterite of finden
	finden
1. v. to find; to discover
2. v. to think that (something) is (a certain way); to consider (something) to be (a certain way); to find
3. v. to find one’s way
762	darin
1. adv. in it, in that, therein
763	Politik
1. n-f. politics
2. n-f. policy
764	erklären
1. v. (ditransitive) to explain (to), to make clear (to)
Der Lehrer erklärte (mir) die quadratische Gleichung sehr gut. - The teacher explained the quadratic equation (to me) very well.
2. v. to declare, assert
Der CEO erklärte am Freitag seinen Rücktritt. - The CEO announced his retirement on Friday.
Die Führer der beiden Kriegsparteien erklärten einen Waffenstillstand. - The leaders of the two warring factions declared a cease-fire.
765	Sorgen
1. n. plural of Sorge
	Sorge
1. n-f. concern, care, responsibility, aid
2. n-f. concern, worry, apprehension, trouble, distress
766	genommen
1. Participle. past participle of nehmen
	nehmen
1. v. to take (something into one's possession or on one's body)
2. v. (ditransitive) to take from
3. v. to hold (in one's hands), to grasp
767	schönen
1. adj. form of schön
2. v. to massage; to manipulate (data or a document) to make it more presentable, easier to work with, or to falsify it
	schön
1. adj. beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome
2. adj. good, great, splendid
3. adj. nice, pleasant
4. adv. well, beautifully
5. adv. really
768	fiel
1. v. first-person singular preterite of fallen
2. v. third-person singular preterite of fallen
	fallen
1. v. to fall; to drop
2. v. to die; to fall in battle; to die in battle; to be killed in action
3. v. to fall, to collapse, to be overthrown.
769	konnten
1. v. first-person plural preterite of können
2. v. third-person plural preterite of können
	können
1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
2. v. (auxiliary)
770	niemals
1. adv. never (at no time)
771	Bank
1. n. bench (which people sit on); pew
2. n. workbench (which things can be set down on)
3. n. bank (collection of material in a body of water)
4. n. (football) substitutes' bench
5. n-f. bank (financial institution)
772	schaffen
1. v. to create; to produce; to make; to cause; to establish ?
2. v. to manage, to cope with
Kannst du es um 9 Uhr schaffen? - Can you make it at 9 a.m.
3. v. to succeed with; to accomplish, achieve
Du hast es geschafft - You did it! / You made it!
773	stark
1. adj. strong (intense, powerful, unyielding)
2. adj. strong (having a high concentration of some ingredient, e.g. alcohol)
3. adj. (of an action, especially, sports) good, great, skilled
4. adj. (colloquial slightly dated) brilliant, awesome
5. adj. (colloquial dated) incredible, unbelievable
774	übrigens
1. adv. (informal) by the way
775	Sinn
1. n. sense
ein Sinn für Humor - a sense of humor
die fünf Sinne - the five senses
2. n. meaning, sense (the objects or concept that a word or phrase denotes, or that which a sentence says)
in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense
776	sollst
1. v. second-person singular present of sollen
	sollen
1. v. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall
2. v. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something)
3. v. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something)
777	Finger
1. n-m. finger
778	woher
1. adv. where from, whence
Woher kommt ihr? (informal, plural) - Where do you come from?
2. adv. how ((not the general meaning of "in which way", but meaning "from which source" or "from where" exactly))
Woher soll ich das wissen? - How should I know?
779	hängt
1. v. third-person singular present of hängen
2. v. second-person plural present of hängen
3. v. plural imperative of hängen
	hängen
1. v. to hang; to be suspended
2. v. to be attached to; to be fond of; to be devoted to; to cling to
3. v. to depend on

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