Common German Words

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780	brauchst
1. v. second-person singular present of brauchen
	brauchen
1. v. to need, to be in need of, to require
2. v. to need to, to have to (in negation or with the adverb nur)
781	Dorf
1. n. village (rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)
2. n. (figurative) backwater (remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
782	sieben
1. v. to sift; to sieve
783	diesmal
1. adv. this time
784	lieben
1. v. (usually transitive sometimes intransitive) to love, to have a strong affection for (someone or something)
Ich liebe dich. - I love you.
Ich liebe die französische Sprache. - I love the French language.
2. v. to love one another
3. v. to make love, to have sex
785	glücklich
1. adj. (of living beings) happy; both momentarily and generally in life
2. adj. (of events) lucky; fortunate
786	Hals
1. n. neck
2. n. throat
787	hilft
1. v. third-person singular present of helfen
	helfen
1. v. (with dative) to help (someone); to assist; to aid + bei (object) = with
788	warst
1. v. second-person singular preterite of sein
	sein
1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
789	legt
1. v. third-person singular present of legen
2. v. second-person plural present of legen
3. v. plural imperative of legen
	legen
1. v. to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it afterwards lies as opposed to being setzen, stellen
790	halb
1. adj. half, halfway
Er ist seit einem halben Monat nicht mehr hier gewesen. - He hasn’t been here for half a month.
2. adv. a half-hour before, thirty minutes before (used with the number of the following hour)
Wir treffen uns um halb zwei. - We’re meeting at one-thirty.
791	schreiben
1. v. to write, to write out (use letters to make words and texts)
Sie schreibt ihren Namen an die Tafel. - She writes her name on the blackboard.
Er hat einen Artikel geschrieben. - He’s written an article.
2. v. to spell (use a particular combination of letters to make a word)
Wie schreibt man das? - How do you spell that?
792	Geschäft
1. n. shop; store
2. n. business
3. n. business activity
4. n. transaction
793	echt
1. adj. authentic, genuine, true
Die Jacke ist aus echtem Leder. - The jacket is made of genuine leather.
2. adj. (chiefly colloquial) real; factual
Der Film ist nah an der echten Geschichte. - The film is close to the real story.
3. adj. (maths) proper
794	Stuhl
1. n. a chair (to sit on)
Ich habe die ganze Zeit auf meinem Stuhl gesessen! - I've been sitting on my chair the whole time!
2. n. a chair (professorship)
Professor Martin wurde überraschend auf den Stuhl berufen. - Professor Martin unexpectedly received the professorship.
3. n. (euphemism, mainly used in medical professions) feces, stool
795	versuchen
1. v. to try, attempt (to do something, often with an uncertain result)
Bitte sei still, ich versuche zu schlafen. - Please be quiet, I'm trying to sleep.
2. v. to try, taste
3. v. to tempt
796	Fräulein
1. n. diminutive of Frau (but not freely applicable)
2. n. (dated, address for an unmarried woman) miss
Guten Morgen, Fräulein Schmitz! - Good morning, Miss Schmitz!
3. n. miss, young woman (especially a shop assistant)
Würden Sie mir kurz helfen, junges Fräulein! - Would you help me please, miss!
797	gib
1. v. singular imperative of geben
2. v. colloquial of
	geben
1. v. (ditransitive) to give (changing ownership)
2. v. (ditransitive) to hand, to pass, to put within reach
798	Weihnachten
1. n. (often, in the see usage notes) Christmas
Es ist Weihnachten. - It's Christmas.
frohe Weihnachten! (fröhliche Weihnachten!) - merry Christmas!
Wir wünschen Ihnen frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr! - (formal) We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
799	irgendwann
1. adv. sometime, somewhen, anytime
2. adv. at some point, someday

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