As this book presupposes a knowledge of elementary grammar, pronouns, numerals, the common prepositions, and modal and auxiliary verbs are not given. Of strong verbs only the vowel change, including the quantity when different from the infinitive, is indicated, unless the verb shows further irregularities. Intransitive verbs that take _sein_ contrary to rule are marked with 's'. The prefix of separable verbs is followed by -. Of nouns only the plural is given, unless they belong to the so-called mixed declension. Compound words whose meaning is readily discernible from the component parts, are not included. [Transcriber's note: In the original, there are no commas between the German word (printed in bold type) and its English translation in simple definitions. Bold type is usually rendered as ALL CAPS in PG e-texts, but since the meaning of German words can depend on their capitalization (e.g. 'arm' and 'Arm' mean different things) I have added commas instead to make the vocabulary more easily understandable. Short vowels are marked with [s], long vowels with [l]. '-"' is my rendering for a change of a vowel to an umlaut in plural form.] A Abend, _m._ -e evening Abendrot, _n._ evening glow abends, _adv._ in the evening Abendschein, _m._ evening light _or_ glow ab-fallen, ie, a; ä, _intr._ fall off Abgrund, _m._ -"e abyss ab-kehren, _refl._ turn away ab-leiten, _tr._ lead aside ab-messen, a[l], e; i, _tr._ measure off ab-nehmen, a, omm; imm, _tr._ take off ab-reisen, _intr._ leave on a journey Abschied, _m._ departure, farewell ab-schmeicheln, _tr._ obtain by flattery ab-streifen, _tr._ slip off ab-zählen, _tr._ count off ach, alas, ah achten, _tr._ heed, care for (_poet. with gen._) acht-geben, a, e; i, _intr._ give heed ächzen, _intr._ groan Ade, _n._ farewell Ader, _f._ -n vein, blood vessel ahnen, _tr. and intr._ divine, have a foreboding of ahnungsvoll, full of sweet foreboding; ominous Ähre, _f._ -n ear of grain Ährenfeld, _n._ -er field of ripening grain All, _n._ the universe; entirety, unison allda, there allzu, _adv._ (_in compounds_) much too, all too Alpe, _f._ -n the Alps alt, old Alter, _n._ -- age Altersschwäche, _f._ senility, weakness of old age Amme, _f._ -n nurse Amselschlag, _m._ song of the Amsel (_kind of blackbird_) an-beten, _tr._ worship an-blicken, _tr._ look at an-brechen, a[l], o; i, _intr._ dawn, break andächtig, devout an-fangen, i, a; ä, _tr._ begin an-fassen, _tr._ catch hold of, seize an-gehen, ging, gegangen _intr._ be possible Angel, _m._, f. -s, -n fishhook Angesicht, _n._ -er face, countenance Angst, _f._ -"e fear, anguish ängsten, ängstigen, _tr._ cause fear, frighten; _refl_. be afraid an-halten, ie, a; ä, _tr._ stop; _intr._ last an-klagen, _tr._ accuse an-klingen, a, u, _intr._ begin sounding an-legen, _tr._ put on, don an-rufen, ie, u, _tr._ implore, call upon an-schauen, _tr._ look at, gaze at an-sehen, a, e; ie, _tr._ look at