Common German Words

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940	anfangen
1. v. to begin; to commence
Das Konzert fängt gleich an. - The concert is beginning shortly.
2. v. to start doing something
Wann hast du angefangen zu rauchen? - When did you start smoking?
3. v. to begin something; to start something
941	vorsichtig
1. adj. deliberate (not hasty or sudden); careful, cautious, wary, circumspect
vorsichtige Schätzung - conservative/modest estimate
2. adv. carefully
942	ernst
1. adj. serious, severe, grave
943	gebe
1. v. first-person singular present of geben
2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of geben
3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of geben
	geben
1. v. (ditransitive) to give (changing ownership)
2. v. (ditransitive) to hand, to pass, to put within reach
944	versteht
1. v. third-person singular present of verstehen
2. v. second-person plural present of verstehen
3. v. plural imperative of verstehen
	verstehen
1. v. to understand
2. v. to hear and interpret (speech)
3. v. to comprehend, make sense of
945	zuvor
1. adv. before, previously
Sie trug wesentlich dazu bei, dass der zuvor beliebte König in Ungnade fiel. - She contributed greatly to the fall from grace of the previously popular king.
946	Professor
1. n. professor
947	Ecke
1. n-f. corner, edge
Der Tisch steht in der Ecke. - The table stands in the corner.
2. n-f. a roughly triangular or quadrangular piece of something
Gib mir mal eine kleine Ecke von dem Kuchen. - Give me a small piece of the cake, please.
3. n-f. (chiefly colloquial) region; area; neighbourhood
948	Arzt
1. n. doctor, physician (male or of unspecified gender) (without necessarily having a postgraduate degree)
949	lachen
1. v. to laugh
über einen Witz lachen - to laugh at a joke
2. v. (poetic, with dative) to smile upon (somebody)
Das Glück hat ihr gelacht - Fortune had smiled upon her
950	legte
1. v. first-person singular preterite of legen
2. v. third-person singular preterite of legen
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of legen
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of legen
	legen
1. v. to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it afterwards lies as opposed to being setzen, stellen
951	sowas
1. pron. that, such a thing
952	zweiten
1. num. genitive singular of zweite
2. num. singular of zweite
3. num. masculine accusative singular of zweite
4. num. dative plural of zweite
5. num. plural of zweite
953	dreht
1. v. third-person singular present of drehen
2. v. second-person plural present of drehen
3. v. plural imperative of drehen
	drehen
1. v. to turn
2. v. to turn (one’s body), turn around
3. v. to roll, twist, make something revolve, rotate
954	leer
1. adj. empty
2. v. singular imperative of leeren
3. v. colloquial of
	leeren
1. v. to empty
2. adj. form of leer
955	Eindruck
1. n. impression
erster Eindruck. - First impression.
zwiespältiger Eindruck. - Ambivalent impression.
Eindruck aufkommen. - to create the impression.
956	wirkt
1. v. third-person singular present of wirken
2. v. second-person plural present of wirken
3. v. plural imperative of wirken
	wirken
1. v. to function, to be effective, to work
2. v. (copulative, sometimes impersonal, often with auf + accusative) to appear, to seem
957	heut
1. adv. (colloquial or poetic) Alternative form of heute
958	gesprochen
1. Participle. past participle of sprechen
	sprechen
1. v. to speak (some language, the truth, etc.)
2. v. to speak, to talk, to give a speech
959	Bilder
1. n. plural of Bild
	Bild
1. n. image; picture; painting; photo (optical representation of something)
2. n. image (idea or mental concept of something)
3. n. (computing) image

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