Eingeschneit: Eine Studentengeschichte — John Shaqi
Eingeschneit: Eine StudentengeschichteFrommel, Emil
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Eingeschneit: Eine Studentengeschichte
Frommel, Emil
Austria -- Fiction; German language -- Readers -- English; Travelers -- Fiction
8-5. {=gefiel´=} (= {gefiele}), condit. subj. for conditional {würde
... gefallen}.
8-6. {=Ist nur ... beschert=}, cf. Page 2, Note 1.
8-7. {=den Studenten=}, cf. Page 3, Note 7.
8-8. {=die frischen Studentenlieder=}. “The German students have a
superb collection of songs in their ‘Commersbuch,’ some of which are
known to Americans through Longfellow’s [and Chas. G. Leland’s]
charming translations. Many of the songs are quite old; others bear
the names of the most famous poets of Germany.”--James M. Hart in
“German Universities.”
=Page 9.=--9-1. {die =Gastein=}, _the valley of the Gasteiner “Ache”_
(Lat. AQUA), the latter being a tributary of the Salzach. In this
valley, far-famed for its picturesque scenery, is situated “Wildbad
Gastein,” one of the most fashionable mountain-resorts. (Latin saying:
“Gastuna--semper una” = {„Es giebt nur _ein_--Gastein.“}) From the
village of Lend the entrance to the Gastein Valley is made through
{die =Klamm=} ({der Klammpaß}), _a profound and somber gorge_ in the
limestone-rock, through which the river has forced a passage.
9-2. {=Zell am See=}, a village officially known as {Zell am
Zellersee}.
9-3. {=das Pinz´gau=} (commonly pronounced and sometimes spelled
{„Pintschgau“}), a name given to a district in the crown-land of
Salzburg comprising the longitudinal valley of the river Salzach
together with its northern and southern lateral valleys.
9-4. {=auf ... zu=}, _up to_, or {zu} may be taken as prefix of
compound {zu´schreiten}.
9-5. {sich entschuldigen =über=}, a rather uncommon construction for
{sich entschuldigen =wegen=}.
9-6. {=sich=} (reciproc. pronoun), _each other_ or _one another_.
9-7. {=sich=} (reciproc. pron.), here: _from one another_.
9-8. {=sich=} (reciproc. pron.), here: _to one another, mutually_.
9-9. {=eins=} (unaccentuated, substantively) {=singen=}, familiarly
for {ein Lied singen}; comp. {_eins_} (a glass) {trinken}; {_eins_} (a
game of cards) {spielen}, {jemandem _eins_} (a blow) {versetzen}, etc.
9-10. {der =Paster´zengletscher=}, _Pasterze-Glacier_, in the Tauern
Mountains, seven miles in length, the largest glacier in the Eastern
Alps. The river Pasterze takes its rise there.
9-11. {das =Fuscherthal=}, _Valley of the_ (river) _Fusch_, in the
Tauern Mountains.
9-12. {=in verwittertem Lodenkittel=}, in English with indef. article.
=Page 10.=--10-1. {=sich=} (dat.) {von der Stirn} (idiom., dat. of
pers. pron. for possess.) = {von _seiner_ Stirn}.
10-2. {=wollte=}, mood? why? cf. Page 5, Note 6.
10-3. ({hast} ...) {=lassen=} (infinitive) for {gelassen}
(perf. partic.) idiom., with the modal auxiliaries; {du hast dich
locken lassen} (reflexive form in a passive sense as frequently), _you
could be induced to ..._
10-4. {=du hättest=} (potential subj.) {=auch=}, _you might just as
well have ..._
10-5. {=war zu machen=}, the auxil. {sein} with {zu} and the
infinitive is always used in a passive sense, _could be done_.
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