die =Nōt=, ̈–e ~need, want, distress; trouble, danger, difficulty;~ mit knapper Not ~with great difficulty, only just, barely, by a hair’s breadth, in the nick of time~ =nōt= tun ~[_impers._] be needful (necessary)~ =nötig= ~needful, necessary, essential~ das =Nötige=, des -n ~that which is necessary (needful, essential)~ =nötigen= ~urge; compel;~ sich nötigen lassen ~[_make people urge one_ =] have to be urged, wait to be urged~ =nōtwendig= ~[_also_~ nōtwen´dig~] necessary, essential;~ etwas notwendig brauchen ~need a thing urgently~ =nūn= ~_adv._ now [_because of, or after, what has happened, under these circumstances_];~ so saß ich nun dort ~so then I was sitting there; [_at the beginning of the sentence, set off by a comma, and without effect on the order of words_] well~ =nūn= ~_conj._ [_always followed by transposition_] =~ da... nun ~now that~ =nūn´meh´rig= ~present, now living~ =nūr= ~only, but, simply, barely, just; [_generalizing_] ever;~ so weit wie nur möglich ~as far as (ever is) possible;~ was nur der Minister denkt! ~what in the world is the prime minister thinking of!~ =Nürnberg= ~Nuremberg, an important industrial city of Bavaria, with numerous buildings and works of art that date back three to six centuries~ die =Nŭßschāle=, -n ~nutshell~ =nütze= ~_pred. adj._ useful (for~ zu~)~ der =Nutzen=, des -s ~profit, advantage;~ aus etwas Nutzen ziehen ~derive advantage from (profit by) a thing~ O. =o= ~[_or, when immediately followed by a comma or an exclamation point,_~ oh~] O, oh;~ o ja! ~oh yes!~ o nein! ~oh no!~ =ob= ~[~ŏp~] (to see) whether; if [_always followed by transposition_];~ als ob ~as if, as though [+ _subj._]~ =oben= ~above; overhead; aloft; at the top (mouth); up (here, there);~ bis oben ~up to the top;~ nach oben ~up(ward)~ der =Ober⸗= 29, 3 = der Obersee ~When two successive compounds have the same final component, this is frequently printed only in the second word, its omission in the first word being indicated by the hyphen.~ der =Obersee=, des -s ~Upper Lake~ =oberste=, der, die, das ~highest; chief, head [_armorer, etc._]~ =obgleich´= ~[~ŏp⸗~] although [_always followed by transposition. A following independent clause is regularly introduced by_~ so ~_and reënforced by_~ doch ~nevertheless.]~ =ob’s= ~[~ŏps~] =~ ob es =obschon´= ~[~ŏp⸗~] =~ obgleich ~(al-)though [_always followed by transposition_];~ obschon Ihr ein großer Herr seid ~great lord as (though) you are~ das =Obst=, des -es ~[~ōpst~] fruit~ =obwohl´= ~[~ŏp⸗~] =~ obgleich ~although [_always followed by transposition_]~ =ōder= ~[_without effect on the order of words_] or~ der =Ōfen=, ̈– ~stove; oven~ =offen= ~open~ =öffentlich= ~public~ =öffnen= ~open;~ sich öffnen ~open; look out (on~ auf~ + _acc._)~ die =Öffnung=, -en ~opening~ =oft=, öfter, am öftesten ~often, frequently, many times~ =öfters= ~[-rs, NOT -rz] (rather, pretty) often _or_ frequently, repeatedly~