{=Ak´tenvieh=}, _n._ (_colloq._, _perhaps_) legal paper-worm, red-tapist. {=all=}, all, every. {=al´le=} (_adv._), at an end, no chance; {es ist alle}, there is no hope, there cannot be thought of ... {=allein´=}, alone. {=al´lemal=}, everytime, always. {=al´lerhand=}, all kinds of. {=al´lerseits=}, all around, on every side. {=al´les=}, all, everything. {=al´lesamt=}, each and every one. {=al´leweil=}, always, all the time. {=al´li=} (_dialect._) = {all, ganz}, all, altogether; {d’ Lieb alli} (_dialect._) = {die ganze Liebe}. {=allmäh´lich=}, gradually, by degrees. {=all´zugroß=}, far too great, over-great, altogether too big. {=Alm=}, _f._ (_pl._ {-en}), Alpine meadow, mountain-pasture; {auf der Almen}, (_old dat. sing._) {=Al´pen=}, _pl._ Alps. {=Al´pensteigen=}, _n._, mountain-climbing. {=Al´penstock=}, _m._ (_pl._ {-̈e}), “Alpenstock,” mountaineer’s pole (with a ferrule). {=als=} (_adv._), as, like; than; (_conj._) as, since, when; (= {als ob},) as if; (_dialect._) = {immer}, always; {nichts als}, nothing but. {=al´so=}, thus, therefore, so, there. {=alt=}, old, aged; {der Alte}, old man. {=äl´tere=}, _see_ {alt}. {=am= = an dem}. {=Amts´diener=}, _m._ (_pl._ {--}), beadle, bailiff; office-boy. {=Amts´leben=}, _n._, official life _or_ work. {=Amts´stube=}, _f._ (_pl._ {-n}), office, bureau, court. 1. {=an=} (_dat._, _accus._), on, at, in, near, by; to, for. {das Erstaunen war an ihr}, it was now for her to be surprised. 2. {=an=} (_dialect._) = {einen}. {=an´bieten= (bot, geboten)}, to offer. {=an´binden= (band, gebunden)}, to form an acquaintance (with, {mit},) to enter into a conversation (with, {mit}). {=an´bringen= (brachte, gebracht)}, to put in, to start. {=an´dere= (der)}, other; {das andere}, the rest. {=an´ders=} (_adv._), differently, otherwise, (in) another way _or_ style. {=an´erkennenswert=}, deserving acknowledgment. {=An´fang=}, _m._ (_pl._ {-̈e}), beginning, first half. {=an´fangen= (fing, gefangen)}, to begin. {=An´gabe=}, _f._ (_pl._ {-n}), design, instruction. {=an´gesehen=}, honorable, distinguished. {=An´gesicht=}, _n._ (_pl._ {-er}), face. {=an´halten= (hielt, gehalten)}, to hold (up), to stop, to stay; to apply (for, {um}); {um die Hand eines Mädchens anhalten}, to ask a lady’s hand (in marriage). {=An´hang=}, _m._, hangers-on, party. {=an´kichern,= =sich=}, to giggle at one another. {=an´kommen= (kam, gekommen)}, to arrive. {=An´kömmling=}, _m._ (_pl._ {-e}), newcomer, stranger. {=an´langen=}, to arrive (at, {bei}). {=an´legen=}, to put on, to help on. {=an´merken=}, to perceive (from, {an}). {=An´na=}, Anna, Anne. {=Änn´chen=}, Annie. {=an´nehmen= (nahm, genommen)}, to accept. {=An´neliese=} (_a name_), “Anneliese,” Ann-Lizzie. {=Ann´lieschen=} (_endearing form of_ {Anneliese}, _which see_). {=an´schauen=}, to look at; {sich anschauen}, to look at each other. {=an´schreien= (schrie, geschrieen)}, to shout (at one, _accus._).