English to German

The word SET has the most definitions of any word in the English language. SET has 464 definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary. Here's how the others stack up:

RUN - 396 (defs.)

GO - 368

TAKE - 343

STAND - 334

GET - 289

TURN - 288

PUT - 268

FALL - 264

STRIKE - 250

Noir - French

Schwarz - German

μαύρο - greek

kuro - Japanese

itim - Tagalog

The English word "Text" remains the same in German. In the context to send a text message it translates as "eine Kurznachricht versenden" or "eine SMS senden" In colloquial usage the terms "simsen" and "texten" are also used.

Alex is also a German name. It is pronounced the same as in English.

diabolical = teuflisch

diabolical = diabolisch

Deutschland and German is Deutsch it sounds like doytchland or doych

Gerrman: Schwägerin

Italian: cognata

Icelandic: mágkona

Portuguese: cunhada

French: belle-soeur

Dutch: schoonzus; schoonzuster; zwaagster

Swedish: svägerska

Spanish: cuñada

Hungarian: sogornő

Romanian: cumnată

Czech: švagrova

Latin: affinis

Turkish: yenge

Polish: szwagierke

The German phrase "Guten Morgen" means "Good morning".
It's german, and it means "Good morning". Something you will say as a greeting to one or another in the morning.

It means "Since when do you speak German?"

It means city.

grandmother = Großmutter grandma = Oma, Omi, Omilein, Omchen

U-Bahn is a contraction of Untergrundbahn, meaning underground railway. A number of German towns and cities have U-Bahn tracks, including Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Schöneberg, Nuremburg, Garching, Stuttgart, Hannover, Essen, Bochum, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, and Müllheim

I want a cigarette translates as Ich will eine Zigarette.

Hast Du Spaß? (one person, informal)

Habt Ihr Spaß? (more than one person, informal)

Haben Sie Spaß? (formal)

Amüsierst Du Dich? (one person, informal)

Amüsiert Ihr Euch? (more than one person, informal)

Amüsieren Sie Sich? (formal)

"Sie ist Französin"

By using Alt codes on Windows you can enter any symbol or foreign accented letter. Alt codes are utilised by holding down the ALT key while entering the corresponding numerals, then releasing the ALT key.

Note that you must use the number key pad on the right, it does not work with the numbers up top above the letters.

German umlauts are as follows.

Ä is ALT 0196

ä is ALT 0228

Ö is ALT 0214

ö is ALT 0246

Ü is ALT 0220

ü is ALT 0252

Also commonly used in German language is

ß which is ALT 0223

'Blessed day to everyone' in German is 'gesegneten tag an alle'.
The phrase " blessed day to everyone" translated to German is "Blessed Tag zu jeder."

The reply to wann hast Du Geburstag? is normally ich habe am ........ Geburtstag or meinGeburtstag ist am ..........

(das) Rentier

If the person is significantly older and not related, a stranger, an official, teacher, etc. you would use the formal: "Wie war Ihr Wochenende?" Familiar is used for family, friends, youths, etc.: "Wie war dein Wochenende?"

"Ich brauche dich" is "I need you" in English.

1. Danke! (DAHNK-uh) Thanks! Thank you.
2. Danke schön!* (DAHNK-uh shoon) Thank you!
3. Tausend Dank! (TAU-zent DAHNK) A thousand thanks! Thanks very much!
4. Danke vielmals! (DAHNK-uh FEEL-malls) Many thanks!
5. Recht schönen Dank! (RECHT shoon-en DAHNK) Many thanks!
6. Ich danke Ihnen/dir! (eech DAHNK-uh EEH-nun / DEAR) I thank you!
7. Ich bin (Ihnen/dir) sehr dankbar für... (eek bin DAHNK-bar fe-ur) I'm very grateful (to you) for...
8. Haben Sie vielen Dank! (HAH-ben zee FEEL-en DAHNK) Many thanks!
9. Vielen Dank!** (FEEL-en DAHNK) Many thanks!
10. Mit tiefer Dankbarkeit! (MITT TEEF-er DAHNK-bar-kite) With deep gratitude!