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German Reading Basics

Terms

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Durfen
to be allowed
konnen
can
mogen
to may do something
mussen
to must do something
sollen
to be supposed to do something
wollen
to want to do something
aber
but
denn
for, because
doch
but, but still
entweder... oder
either... or
oder
or
sondern
but
sowie
as well as
und
and
weder...noch
neither... nor
andererseits
on the other hand
dagegen
against that... on the other hand
dennoch
however, nevertheless
eher (als)
rather (than)
gleichwohl
nevertheless, yet
hingegen
against that, on the other hand
immerhin
nevertheless
indes
however
jedoch
however, but, nevertheless
nunmehr
not... but actually...
trotzdem
nevertheless
wahrend
whereas
ausserdem
in addition
also
therefore
daher
therefore
darum
for this reason
deshalb
therefore
so dass
with the result that
schon
admittedly, indeed
da
as, since, then
es gibt
there is/ there are
es gab/es hat gegeben
there was
es wird... geben
there will be
es handelt sich um
to be about something, to concern something, it is a matter of
etwa
approximately, roughly
kein
no, not a, not any
nicht/kein... mehr
no longer
noch nicht
not yet
bis heute
not yet
kein + number
not even/ not fewer than number
kaum
hardly, scarcely
keineswegs
not at all, by no means
nie/niemals/noch nie
never
ohne
without
sagen
to say
warten
to wait
gehen
to go
tragen
to carry
lesen
to read
helfen
to help
lassen +sich + infinitive
can be + past participle
lassen + infinitive
to get somebody to do something for you
lassen
leave, let, allow
selbst
itself, oneself

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