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Dictionary

  • -kunft (particle)
    based on: kommen
    1. -come (noun version of "kommen", but ONLY used in compounds. It's not productive any more so you can't come up with new words and expect them to sound idiomatic)
  • -werdung (particle)
    based on: werden
    1. the turning into, the becoming (Used as second part of compounds that are about becoming something. It's not common at all, though, and you should not make up new words with it.)
  • abartig (adjective)
    based on: Art
    1. disgusting
  • abbilden (ab verb)
    based on: Bild
    spoken past: hat abgebildet
    written past (preterite): bildete ab
    1. depict (capture in pics, sounds somewhat formal)
  • Abbildung, die (noun)
    based on: abbilden Plural: Abbildungen
    1. the graphic (pictures and so on in books)
  • abblättern (ab verb)
    based on: blättern
    spoken past: ist abgeblättert
    written past (preterite): blätterte ab
    1. to peel off, to flake off (for color)
  • abbringen (von) (ab verb)
    based on: bringen
    spoken past: hat abgebracht
    written past (preterite): brachte ab
    1. to talk sb out of sth ("jemanden (Acc) von etwas (Dative) abbringen); always needs to come with the von-part.)
  • abdecken (ab verb)
    based on: decken
    spoken past: hat abgedeckt
    written past (preterite): deckte ab
    1. to cover, put a cover over (so that others can’t see it or so that it’s away from the air or the rain)
    2. to cover (for topics)
  • Abdeckstift, der (noun)
    based on: abdecken Plural: Abdeckstifte
    1. the concealer
  • Abdeckung, die (noun)
    based on: abdecken Plural: Abdeckungen
    1. the cover (object that covers something. NOT the more figurative cover)
  • Abdruck, der (noun)
    Plural: Abdrucke
    1. the print (rare, context of newspapers)
  • abdrücken (ab verb)
    based on: drücken
    spoken past: hat abgedrückt
    written past (preterite): drückte ab
    1. to pull the trigger
    2. to pay money (colloquial)
  • Abend, der (noun)
    Plural: Abende
    1. the evening
  • Abendmahl, das (noun)
    based on: Mahl Plural: Abendmahle
    1. the supper (old school)
  • abfeiern (ab verb)
    based on: feiern
    spoken past: hat abgefeiert
    written past (preterite): feierte ab
    1. to party really hard (kind of slang)
  • abfließen (ab verb)
    based on: fließen
    spoken past: ist abgeflossen
    written past (preterite): floss ab
    1. to flow away (water in a sink for example, also for funds)
  • Abfluss, der (noun)
    based on: Fluss Plural: Abflüsse
    1. the drain (primarily in context of plumbing)
  • Abfolge, die (noun)
    Plural: Abfolgen
    1. to sequence (rare)
  • Abführmittel, das (noun)
    Plural: Abführmittel
    1. the laxative
  • der Abgang, der (noun)
    based on: abgehen Plural: Abgänge
    1. the departure (sense of leaving only, rare)
    2. in the finish (im Abgang, describing wine)
  • abgehen (ab verb)
    spoken past: ist abgegangen
    written past (preterite): ging ab
    1. to come off (stickers, pictures on a wall, etc)
    2. to go crazy/wild (for example people dancing or throwing a fit, but also for songs that are really energetic)
    3. to leave the stage or the scene
    4. happen, take place (colloquial, often in context of "What's going on?")
  • abgehoben (adjective)
    based on: abheben
    1. out of touch with the real world (in a negative, stuck up sense)
  • abgelaufen (adjective)
    based on: ablaufen
    1. expired (for food)
  • abgelenkt (adjective)
    1. distracted
  • abgesehen (adverb)
    based on: absehen
    1. besides, aside from, apart from
  • abgesehen davon (adverb)
    based on: absehen
    1. apart from that, that aside
  • abgespannt (adjective)
    based on: spannen
    1. worn out, drawn (for people, not too common)
  • abgewöhnen (sich+Dative) (ab verb)
    based on: gewöhnen
    spoken past: hat abgewöhnt
    written past (preterite): gewöhnte ab
    1. to break a habit, to stop ("sich (Dativ) abgewöhnen"... literally once used to be "to wean off")
  • abgießen (ab verb)
    based on: gießen
    spoken past: hat abgegossen
    written past (preterite): goss ab
    1. to drain (for pasta, rice and similar)
  • abgucken/abschauen (ab verb)
    spoken past: hat abgeguckt/abgeschaut
    written past (preterite): guckte ab/schaute ab
    1. to crib, to peek, to “learn by watching someone” ((sich) abgucken/abschauen bei jemandem )
  • abhaben (ab verb)
    spoken past: hat abgehabt
    written past (preterite): hatte ab
    1. to get a piece/share (colloquial, mostly used to ask if you can have a piece or state that you'd like to have a share. Not used to talk about actually getting one)
  • abhandeln (ab verb)
    based on: handeln
    spoken past: hat abgehandelt
    written past (preterite): handelte ab
    1. to fully discuss a topic
  • Abhandlung, die (noun)
    based on: Handlung Plural: Abhandlungen
    1. a treatment, treatise
  • Abhang, der (noun)
    Plural: Abhänge
    1. the slope, the drop off
  • abhängen (ab verb)
    spoken past: hat abgehangen
    written past (preterite): hängte ab/hing ab
    1. to depend (abhängen von = to depend on)
    2. to lose a pursuer
    3. to take down/unhang loundry
    4. to chill/to hang out
  • abhängig (adjective)
    based on: abhängen
    1. dependant, addicted
  • abhauen (verb)
    1. to chop off (build Perfekt with haben)
    2. to piss off, hastily going away (build Perfekt with sein)
  • abheben (ab verb)
    based on: heben
    spoken past: hat abgehoben
    written past (preterite): hob ab
    1. to lift off
    2. to lose touch with reality a bit
    3. to answer the phone, to pick up the phone
    4. to withdraw money
    5. to stand out, to distinguish oneself (sich abheben (von) )
  • Abhebung, die (noun)
    based on: abheben Plural: Abhebungen
    1. the withdrawal of money (rare)
  • abheften (ab verb)
    based on: Heft
    spoken past: hat abgeheftet
    written past (preterite): heftete ab
    1. to file away (to put away into a folder)
  • abkacken (ab verb)
    based on: kacken
    spoken past: hat abgekackt
    written past (preterite): kackte ab
    1. to fail at some kind of activity. (it can be done by people as well as stuff)
  • abkriegen (ab verb)
    based on: kriegen
    spoken past: hat abgekriegt
    written past (preterite): kriegte ab
    1. to get a share
    2. to get hit (usually in the sense of a "wide-spread" shot and you get hit by accident. Can be water after a car drives through a puddle but also someone's bad mood)
  • ablästern (über+Acc) (ab verb)
    based on: lästern (über+Acc)
    spoken past: hat abgelästert
    written past (preterite): lästerte ab
    1. to have a proper gossiping session (with your friends for instance)
  • Ablauf, der (noun)
    based on: ablaufen Plural: Abläufe
    1. the process, the sequence of events (sounds a bit technical)
  • ablaufen (ab verb)
    spoken past: ist abgelaufen
    written past (preterite): lief ab
    1. to run out (for water running out of sinks or basins, and for time)
    2. to expire (for food and offers)
    3. to go down (for a sequence of events)
  • ablehnen (ab verb)
    spoken past: hat abgelehnt
    written past (preterite): lehnte ab
    1. to reject (an offer of some kind. It's the opposite of "annehmen")
  • ableiten (aus, von) (ab verb)
    based on: leiten
    spoken past: hat abgeleitet
    written past (preterite): leitete ab
    1. to deduce, to derive, derivate (math)
    2. to "lead away" (for electricity or substances)
  • Ableitung, die (noun)
    Plural: Ableitungen
    1. the derivative (math)
  • ablenken (ab verb)
    based on: lenken
    spoken past: hat abgelenkt
    written past (preterite): lenkte ab
    1. to deflect, to distract
    2. to divert
  • Ablenkung, die (noun)
    Plural: Ablenkungen
    1. the distraction ((both good and bad))
    2. the result of a diversion