 | English  | German | |
 | [we/they/you] could [were able] | 133 [wir/sie/Sie] konnten | |
| [you] could [were able] | 51 [du] konntest | |
| [you] could [were able] [said to two or more people] | 35 [ihr] konntet | |
| [they] couldn't [were not able] | [sie] konnten nicht | |
| [we/they/you] weren't [were not] | [wir/sie/Sie] waren nicht | |
| Verbs |
| to ship sb. [esp. teenage sl.; originally gamer sl.] [going back to "relationship"] [e.g. "I ship them so much." (I wish they were together.)] | 5 [sich wünschen, zwei Personen wären ein Paar] | |
| Nouns |
| ropewalk [lane or pathway where long strands of material were laid before being twisted into rope] | 20 Reeperbahn {f} [niederd. für: Reiferbahn] | |
| hist. law [Name for German clubs in the 1920's, usually with criminal orientation, whose members were identified by a characteristic signet ring] | 11 Ringverein {m} [kriminelle Organisation] | |
| bibl. [the two thieves who were crucified with Jesus] | 7 Schächer {pl} | |
| hist. [period (1871-1873) when many industrial firms were founded in Germany] | 6 Gründerzeit {f} | |
| educ. hist. law [punishment in German universities and schools in which students were detained in 'Karzer' (on-site prison cells)] | 5 Karzerstrafe {f} | |
| hist. law [medieval legal practice where citizens under a particular jurisdiction were required to gather with a state official, the latter who heard appeals and aided in local legal matters] | Rügegericht {n} | |
| hist. law [medieval legal practice where citizens under a particular jurisdiction were required to gather with a state official, the latter who heard appeals and aided in local legal matters] | Ruggericht {n} | |
| hist. [period (1871-1873) when many industrial firms were founded in Germany] | Gründerjahre {pl} | |
| 2 Words |
| Go on. [Continue with what you were saying.] | Red weiter. | |
| Go on. [Continue with what you were saying.] | Sprechen Sie weiter. | |
| hist. bandit territory [German occupied territories in World War II. in which resistance groups were active] | Bandengebiet {n} [Nazi-Terminologie] | |
| 3 Words |
| just as if [e.g.: just as if they were asleep] | ganz als [z. B.: ganz als schliefen sie] | |
| just as if [e.g.: just as if they were asleep] | ganz als ob [z. B.: ganz als ob sie schliefen] | |
| Where were we? [idiom] [What were we talking about before the interruption?] | Wo waren wir stehen geblieben? [Redewendung] | |
| individual dating rules {pl} [as if dating were hunting for prey] | Beuteschema {n} [fig.] [hum.] | |
| 5+ Words |
| idiom I was up the creek without a paddle. [Also: You were ..., He was ..., etc.] [coll.] | Jetzt / Da war guter Rat teuer. | |
| bibl. In the morning you shall say, 'If only it were evening!' and at evening you shall say, 'If only it were morning!' ... [Deuteronomy 28:67; ESV] | Morgens wirst du sagen: Ach dass es Abend wäre!, und abends wirst du sagen: Ach dass es Morgen wäre!, ... [5. Mose 28,67; Luther 2017] | |
| Some were laughing, others were crying. | Die einen lachten, die anderen weinten. | |
| dent. The affected teeth were ankylosed in the area of the bi- and trifurcation and on the inside of the roots and were thus infraoccluded. | Die betroffenen Zähne waren im Bereich der Bi-/Trifurkation und an der Innenseite der Zahnwurzeln ankylosiert und standen deshalb in Infraokklusion. | |
| We sat on a bench. [were sitting] | Wir saßen auf einer Bank. | |
| quote We were raised to believe that someday we were all gonna be millionaires or movie stars or rock stars. But we're not. [Fight Club] | Wir wurden durch das Fernsehen aufgezogen in dem Glauben, dass wir alle irgendwann mal Millionäre werden, Filmgötter, Rockstars ... Werden wir aber nicht! | |
| Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| film lit. F We Were Soldiers [Randall Wallace] [based on the book We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young by Lieutenant General (Ret.) Hal Moore and reporter Joseph L. Galloway] | Wir waren Helden | |
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