Common German Words

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160	macht	©
1. v. third-person singular present of machen
Der Künstler macht ein Bild. - The artist creates a picture.
2. v. second-person plural present of machen
3. v. plural imperative of machen
	machen
1. v. to make, produce, create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.)
2. v. to make, prepare
161	einfach
1. adj. easy
Die Hausaufgabe war sehr einfach. - The homework was very easy.
2. adj. simple, plain, straightforward
Ich führe ein einfaches Leben. - I lead a simple life.
3. adj. single; one-way
162	konnte	©
1. v. first-person singular preterite of können
2. v. third-person singular preterite of können
	können
1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
2. v. (auxiliary)
163	ihren
1. det. masculine accusative singular of ihr: her, its, their i;referring to a masculine object in the accusative case, or a plural object in the dative case
2. det. dative plural of ihr: her, its, their i;referring to a masculine object in the accusative case, or a plural object in the dative case
	ihr
1. pron. you, ye (plural, familiar)
2. pron. dative of sie
3. det. her (possessive)
164	anderen
1. adj. form of anderer, en
165	gerade
1. adj. (of a number) even
Zahlen, die durch zwei teilbar sind, heißen gerade Zahlen. - Numbers divisible by two are called even numbers.
2. adv. now, at the moment
Ich bin gerade in der Küche. - I'm in the kitchen right now.
3. adv. just, a short while ago
166	ach
1. interj. oh, alas (expressing surprise, sorrow, or understanding)
2. interj. oh (preceding an offhand or annoyed remark)
3. interj. oh (preceding an invocation or address, but rarely a solemn one)
167	Tag	©
1. n. day (24-hour period)
Tag für Tag - day after day
2. n. day (period from midnight to the following midnight)
Der Tag fängt um Mitternacht an. - The day begins at midnight.
3. n. (astronomy) day (rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth))
168	tun	©
1. v. To do (to perform or execute an action).
Tu es! - Do it!
Man tut, was man kann. - One does what one can.
Er tat das, was man ihm gesagt hat. - He did as he was told.
Das einzige, was er je tat, war arbeiten. - The only thing he ever did was work.
169	Ihnen
1. pron. personal dative of Sie: you, to you i;indirect object; addressing politely or formally one person
170	wissen	©
1. v. to know; to be aware of (a fact)
Ich weiß, wo du bist. - I know where you are.
von etwas wissen - to know about something
2. v. to remember (with noch)
171	hab
1. v. singular imperative of haben
2. v. colloquial of
	haben
1. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses)
2. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
3. v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)
172	werde	©
1. v. first-person singular present of werden
2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of werden
3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of werden
4. v. singular imperative of werden
173	dabei	©
1. adv. (takes a reflexive pronoun adverb of) bei (replaces bei + demonstrative or personal pronoun, unless referring to people)
2. adv. with one, on one
Hast du Geld dabei? - Do you have money on you?
3. adv. (when) indeed, (but) actually (expressing a contradiction)
Er will einkaufen gehen. Dabei ist heute Sonntag. - He wants to go shopping, when indeed today is Sunday.
174	steht	©
1. v. third-person singular present of stehen
2. v. second-person plural present of stehen
3. v. plural imperative of stehen
	stehen
1. v. to stand (to be upright, support oneself on the feet in an erect position)
2. v. to be, to appear, to stand (to be placed or located somewhere)
3. v. to stay; to be still
175	wollte	©
1. v. first-person singular preterite of wollen
2. v. third-person singular preterite of wollen
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of wollen
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of wollen
	wollen
1. adj. (relational) wool; woolen, woollen
2. v. to want; to wish; to desire; to demand
3. v. (auxiliary) to want (to do something)
176	Geld	©
1. n. money
177	diesem
1. pron. dative singular of dieser
	dieser
1. pron. this one, this
2. pron. that one, that
178	Leben	©
1. n-n. (gerund of leben): living
Die Kunst des Lebens - The art of living.
2. n-n. life; being alive
3. n-n. (biology) a state in which organic entities such as animals, plants and bacteria have properties like metabolism, adaption and replication
Das Leben ist nicht an das geistige Bewusstsein gebunden. - Life is not dependent on mental consciousness.
179	meinen	©
1. v. to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose
Ich meine, das war letztes oder vorletztes Jahr. - I think it was last year or the year before.
2. v. to say; to utter; (not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive)
Entschuldige, was meintest du gerade? - Sorry, what did you just say?
3. v. to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something

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