Common German Words

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1140	arme
1. adj. form of arm
	arm
1. adj. poor (having little money)
2. adj. poor (to be pitied)
3. adj. low (having a small amount)
1141	Zeichen
1. n-n. sign, token
2. n-n. sign, mark
3. n-n. (typography) character
4. n-n. (religion) sign, miracle, prodigy
1142	Staaten
1. n. plural of Staat
2. Proper noun. (informal) the States, the USA
	Staat
1. n. country, state (politically constituted legal person wielding absolute power of a population and territory)
2. n. state , government , authorities (the entire political and administrative system of such an entity)
3. n. (dated, except in idioms) stateliness; that which gives the effect of it; fine appearance in clothing and ménage
1143	Decke
1. n-f. any cloth or cushion used as a covering; a tablecloth, blanket, quilt, duvet, etc.
Tischdecke - tablecloth
Bettdecke - blanket
unter einer Decke stecken - under a blanket
2. n-f. ceiling; roof (surface at the upper limit of a room or cavity)
1144	Euro
1. n. euro (currency)
Ich habe nur noch fünf Euro in meinem Portmonee. - I have just five euro in my purse.
Gestern habe ich zwei Euro gefunden. - Yesterday I found two euro.
1145	Millionen
1. n. plural of Million
	Million
1. n-f. (cardinal) million (106)
1146	runter
1. adv. (colloquial) down, down here, downstairs (towards the speaker)
Er kommt jetzt runter. -- He's coming downstairs now.
2. adv. (colloquial) down, down there, downstairs (away from the speaker)
Er geht runter zu den andern. -- He's going downstairs to the other people.
1147	fragt
1. v. third-person singular present of fragen
2. v. second-person plural present of fragen
3. v. plural imperative of fragen
	fragen
1. v. to ask (someone something)
2. v. to ask for, to ask after
3. v. to wonder (literally, to ask (oneself))
1148	gehören
1. v. (with dative) to belong to, be the property of
Das Buch gehört mir. - The book belongs to me.
Ihm gehört das ganze Land. - The whole country belongs to him; he owns the whole country.
2. v. to be a prerequisite for; to be a characteristic of (with zu)
Es gehört sehr viel Selbstvertrauen dazu um so etwas zu tun. - To do something like this needs a lot of self-confidence.
1149	holt
1. v. third-person singular present of holen
2. v. second-person plural present of holen
3. v. plural imperative of holen
	holen
1. v. to (go) get, to fetch (to go somewhere and take something)
2. v. to get (to acquire, buy)
1150	davor
1. adv. in front of that/it
2. adv. from that/it
3. adv. before that; beforehand
1151	frisch
1. adj. fresh
2. adj. recent
1152	mussten
1. v. first-person plural preterite of müssen
2. v. third-person plural preterite of müssen
1153	indem
1. conj. by (indicates a means)
Thomas hat das Geld verdient, indem er Limonade verkauft hat. - Thomas earned the money by selling lemonade.
1154	ohnehin
1. adv. in any case, anyway;
2. adv. already.
Die Behörden reagierten auf die Kundgebungen in mehreren Städten mit weitreichenden Beschränkungen des ohnehin zensierten Internets.
The authorities reacted to the rallies in several cities with far-reaching restrictions on the already censored internet.
1155	Lied
1. n. (music) song (musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics)
1156	jung
1. adj. young
Der Junge ist jung. - The boy is young.
1157	gestellt
1. Participle. past participle of stellen
2. adj. staged; contrived; faked
Die Zeitung ist auf ein gestelltes Video reingefallen. - The newspaper fell for a staged video.
	stellen
1. v. to put, to place, to position such that it stands upright (compare setzen, legen)
2. v. (figuratively, abstractly) to pose, to lodge
1158	drehte
1. v. first-person singular preterite of drehen
2. v. third-person singular preterite of drehen
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of drehen
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive 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
1159	Interesse
1. n-n. interest (attention and concern)

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