Common German Words

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120	gibt	©
1. v. third-person singular present of geben
	geben
1. v. (ditransitive) to give (changing ownership)
2. v. (ditransitive) to hand, to pass, to put within reach
121	Mann
1. n. man, male human being
2. n. husband
122	muß
1. v. Superseded spelling of used=pre-1996
	müssen
1. v. (auxiliary) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something).
2. v. to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged.
123	vielleicht	©
1. adv. perhaps, maybe
Vielleicht hat er einen Unfall gehabt. - Maybe he’s had an accident.
2. adv. frequently replaces bitte in polite questions
Könnten Sie vielleicht das Fenster aufmachen? - Could you perhaps open the window?
3. adv. (colloquial) expresses amazement or excitement, particularly at something negative
124	weiß
1. adj. white
2. v. first-person singular present of wissen
ich - Ich weiß das bereits.
ich - Ich weiß nicht.
3. v. third-person singular present of wissen
	wissen
1. v. to know; to be aware of (a fact)
2. v. to remember (with noch)
125	Herr	©
1. n. man, gentleman (polite term)
Herrenbekleidung - gentlemen's wear
Herrentoilette - gentlemen's toilet
Ein älterer Herr - An old gentleman
2. n. sir (title of respect)
126	muss
1. v. first-person singular present of müssen
2. v. third-person singular present of müssen
	müssen
1. v. (auxiliary) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something).
2. v. to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged.
127	damit
1. adv. takes a reflexive pronoun adverb of mit
2. conj. (subordinating, with indicative or subjunctive I) so that, in order that
Beeil dich, damit wir bald losfahren können. - Hurry up so that we can take off soon.
128	vom	©
1. contraction. from the, of the; about the (contraction of von + dem)
	von
1. prep. from
2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below)
	dem
1. art. dative singular of der: the
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
129	sagen	©
1. v. to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally)
2. v. to tell (to inform (someone) verbally)
3. v. to mean (to convey or signify)
4. v. to speak up (+obj, etwas)
130	würde
1. v. first-person singular subjunctive of werden
2. v. third-person singular subjunctive of werden
	werden
1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs
3. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice
131	zwei
1. num. (cardinal) two (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 2; or describing a set with two components)
132	nie	©
1. adv. never, never at all (referring to an indefinite period of time)
Das ist nie passiert! - That has never happened!
Wir werden die Wahrheit wohl nie erfahren. - We'll probably never know the truth.
2. adv. never, not once (referring to a defined period of time; see usage notes below)
Er hat sich in zwei Wochen nie die Haare gewaschen. - He never washed his hair for two weeks.
133	müssen	©
1. v. (auxiliary) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something).
Wir müssen es machen. - We must do it.
Wir müssen es nicht machen. - We need not do it. / We do not need to do it.
Ich musste es machen. - I had to do it.
2. v. to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged.
134	erst	©
1. adv. first, at first
2. adv. only (with progress, accomplishments or the present time)
Sie ist erst 28 Jahre alt. - She is only 28 years old.
Es ist erst halb zehn. - It is only half past nine.
3. adv. not until, not for, not before (with reference to a point or period of time in the future)
135	nein	©
1. interj. no
Hast du morgen Abend Zeit? — Nein, leider nicht. - “Do you have time tomorrow night?” — “No, unfortunately not.”
136	waren	©
1. v. first-person plural preterite of sein
2. v. third-person plural 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)
137	wäre	©
1. v. first-person singular subjunctive of sein
2. v. third-person singular subjunctive 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)
138	kommen	©
1. v. to come; to arrive
Er kam letzte Nacht sehr spät nach Hause. - He came home very late last night.
Als ich nach Wuppertal kam, hatte es gerade geschneit - When I arrived in Wuppertal, it had just snowed.
2. v. to come to; to come over (go somewhere so as to join someone else)
Bleib sitzen! Ich komme zu dir. - Keep your seat! I’m coming over to you.
139	sehen	©
1. v. to see; to have sight
Er sieht nicht gut. - He doesn’t see well.
2. v. to see (something); to perceive by vision
3. v. to realize; to notice; to see; to find out
4. v. to meet (somebody); to meet up; to see; (butnot in the sense of “pay a visit to”, nor as a euphemism for having a romantic or sexual relation)

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