Advanced Vocabulary Flashcards
noch ein wenig / noch ein bisschen
a little more
noch nicht
not yet
Sie bleiben hier. / Die bleiben hier
They are staying here
In speaking, ‘kann es’ may be contracted to ‘kann’s’
He would never be able
Er würde es nie tun können.
to do it.
nie / niemals
never
die Zeitung
newspaper
Daagblatt
Plural: Daagbläder
Plural: Daagbladen
Etymology:
Compound word constructed from: Dag + Blatt
lesen
IPA(key): /ˈleːzn̩/
Etymology
From Middle High German lesen, from Old High German lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”). Cognate with English lease (“to gather”) [with an obsolete meaning],
(transitive or intransitive) to read (look at and understand symbols, words, or data)
to select and gather or harvest (things like grapes)
Verb
lesen (past singular lees, past participle leest or lesen, auxiliary verb hebben)
(transitive or intransitive) to read
Hest du de Daagbläder vunmorgen leest?
Did you read the newspapers this morning?
(rare, dated, transitive or intransitive) to gather up
Dag
/daç/
Tag
Blatt
/blat/
Plural: Bläder
Plural: Bladen
Sie haben Recht
Du hast Recht
You are right
noch
still
IPA(key): /nɔx/ (standard)
IPA(key): /nɔ/, /no/ (chiefly southern Germany and Austria; also in the northern half in some positions, e.g. before nicht)
still, yet
Ich bin noch nicht fertig.
I’m not ready yet.
yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future)
Er wird noch kommen.
He will come eventually.
Das brauche ich später noch.
I’ll need that sometime.
additionally, in addition, besides, else; more often expressed in English with another, more
Da ist noch einer.
There’s another one.
Weißt du noch was?
Can you think of anything else?
(only) just; barely (by a small margin)
Ich habe es gerade noch geschafft.
I made it just in time.
(with comparative) even
Deins ist noch schöner!
Yours is even prettier!
Conjunction
…noch
(following a negation, especially weder) nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true
Ich mag weder ihn noch dich. ― I like neither him nor you.
Er versteht es nicht noch wird er es jemals verstehen.
He doesn’t understand it, nor will he ever understand it.
machen
to make
He has made it
Er hat es gemacht.
Er hat gelacht
He laughed
zurück
back
zurück
back, backward, backwards, to the rear.
Interjection
zurück!
stand back!
get back!