| Ich |
| n. (psychoanalysis) ego |
| n. self, me, him, etc. |
| pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) |
| sollte |
| v. first-person singular preterite of sollen |
| v. third-person singular preterite of sollen |
| v. first-person singular subjunctive of sollen |
| v. third-person singular subjunctive of sollen |
| sollen |
| v. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall |
| v. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something) |
| v. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something) |
| v. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly. |
| v. (auxiliary) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause |
| v. (auxiliary) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause |
| das |
| art. singular of der: the |
| pron. singular of der |
| pron. (relative) who, that, which |
| pron. (demonstrative) this, that, it |
| pron. (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb) |
| der |
| art. the |
| art. feminine singular of der |
| art. genitive plural of der |
| pron. who; that; which |
| pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that |
| pron. (attributive, stressed) that |
| pron. (indicative) him, he |
| pron. (differential) the one, him |
| pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her |
| nicht |
| adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) |
| interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? |
| tun |
| v. To do (to perform or execute an action). |
| v. (with dative) To do something (positive or negative) to someone. |
| v. To make a difference; to be different. |
| v. (somewhat informal, with “so” or “als ob”) To fake; to feign; to pretend. |
| v. (chiefly colloquial) To put, to place, to add. |
| v. (chiefly colloquial, with “es”) To work, to function. |
| v. (chiefly colloquial, but acceptable in writing) Used with thepreceding infinitive of another verb to emphasise this verb |
| v. (colloquial non-standard) (Used with thefollowing infinitive of another verb, often to emphasise the statement) |
| v. (colloquial non-standard) (Used in the past subjunctive with the infinitive of another verb to form the conditional tense (instead of standard würde)) |
