=als= ~[_time; always followed by transposition_] when, as; [_comparison; see_~ so~] than, as; [_identity, usually =without=_~ ein ~_before the noun unless this is modified by an adj. or a relat. clause_] as, by way of, for; [_after a negative_] but;~ als ob, als wenn, ~_or_~ als ~_followed by inversion_ as if, as though (+ _subj._) [_In temporal clauses_~ als ~_refers to a definite occasion or period in the past, never to the present or the future._]~ =alsdann´= ~then, after that~ =alsō= ~[-zo] thus, in this way (manner); [_conj._] therefore, then, consequently, “(and) so,” accordingly, for this (that) reason~ =al´sobald´= ~[~⸗lt⸗~] forthwith~ =ălt=, älter, der älteste ~old~ der =Alte=; (kein) Alter; ~[_pl._]~ Alte; die (keine) Alten ~old man; [_pl._] (the) old (folks), grown-ups~ die =Alte=, ~[_gen. and dat. sg._]~ -n ~old woman (lady); [_in address_] Dear, Mother~ das =Alter= ~(old) age~ =älter= ~_comp. of_~ alt =älteste=, der, die, das ~_see_~ alt =ältlich= ~elderly~ die =Altmühl= ~the Altmühl, a tributary of the Danube~ der =Altschuhmacher= ~chief master bootmaker (shoemaker)~ =ăm= = an dem der =Ămbŏß=, Ambosse ~anvil~ das =Āmeischen= ~little ant, [_but in address_] my good (dear) ant [_Cf._~ Krebslein.] die =Āmeise=, -n ~ant~ =Āmē´rīkā= ~[_neut._] America~ =āmērīkā´nisch= ~American~ der =Amtmann=, ⸗männer ~magistrate~ die =Amtsstube=, -n ~office, bureau~ =ăn= ~_prep._ [_dat._] on, in [_a day, morning, afternoon, evening_]; [_location_] on, at, by, in, against, along, in the act of, on the point of; [_relation_] in the case of, on, upon, in the way _or_ line of; [_acc.; direction, motion, effort, thought, attention_] to, on, of, at, against;~ glauben an + ~_acc._ believe in; [_approximation, with numerals_] about, nearly [~an ~_implies close proximity to, or immediate contact with, a side or edge;_~ auf ~_usually implies contact with a horizontal surface._]~ =ăn= ~_adv._ on;~ von... an ~from ... on, ever since...~ =ăn= ~_sep. pref._ [_expressing 1. incipient action or state, 2. direction toward the object, 3. approach, 4. contact, 5. growth_] to, at, on, in, against, begin to, up~ sich =ănbauen=, baute an´, angebaut ~settle (down)~ =ănbieten=, bōt an´, angebōten ~offer~ der =Ănblick=, -e ~sight;~ ihr Anblick ~the sight of her (it, them)~ =ănblinzeln=, blinzelte an´, angeblinzelt ~look with twinkling eyes at~ das =Ăndenken= ~souvenir, memento (of~ an ~+ _acc._)~ =ander= ~[_never occurring in uninfl. form_] other; different;~ unter anderm ~among other things;~ am andern Tage ~on the next (following) day [_The_ ~e~ _is often elided before the ending_ ~⸗e~; _but the_ ~e~ _of the ending is often dropped in inflections ending in a consonant._]~ =anderm= = anderem =andern= = anderen =anders= ~[-ers, NOT -erz] otherwise, differently; else;~ anders werden ~change;~ was anders als... ~what else but...~ =ăndeuten=, deutete an´, angedeutet ~indicate; hint, give to understand~ =Andrē′as= ~Andrew~