Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
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Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
German language -- Readers
=folgen= ~[_dat._] follow [~ist gefolgt~; _but_ follow advice _or_
example, listen to, obey _also_~ hat gefolgt~]; succeed one [_in
official position_]~
=folgend= ~_pres. part. of_~ folgen ~following;~ folgendes ~_or_~ das
Folgende ~the following, what follows~
=folglich= ~consequently, in consequence, therefore~
=fordern= ~demand, request, ask~
die =Forel´le=, -n ~trout~
die =Form=, -en ~form~
=förmlich= ~[_in due form, hence_] fairly, actually, really,
unmistakably~
=forschen= ~inquire, search (for~ nach~)~
=fort= ~_adv._ on (and on); away;~ fort! ~away! be off! clear out!~
fort mit euch! ~away with you! off you go!~
=fort= ~_sep. pref. [expressing 1. persistence, 2. removal, 3.
departure]_ on; away, off;~ fort und fort ~on and on;~ willst du fort
~_see_~ fortwollen; fort ging’s ~off I (we, _etc._) drove; I (_etc._)
was off~
=fortăn´= ~henceforth; hereafter, in (for) the future~
=fortbrennen=, brannte (~_past subj._~ brennte) fort´, fortgebrannt
~burn on, continue to burn~
=forteilen=, eilte fort´, ist fortgeeilt ~hurry (hasten) away (off)~
=fortfahren=, fährt fort´, fuhr fort´, fortgefahren ~continue, keep
(go) on (speaking~ zu sprechen~) [_Cf._~ anfangen~.]~
=fortgehen=, ging fort´, ist fortgegangen ~go off (away); go on,
continue;~ fort ging’s ~off (away) I (we, _etc._) drove; I (_etc._) was
off~
=fortleben=, lebte fort´, fortgelebt ~live on~
=fortreiten=, ritt fort´, ist fortgeritten ~ride off (away) [_on
horseback_]~
=forttrāgen=, trägt fort´, trūg fort´, fortgetrāgen ~carry off (away)~
=fort´wäh´rend= ~continually; incessantly, constantly~
=fortwollen=, will fort´, wollte fort´, fortgewollt ~will (want _or_
intend to) go away [_Cf. last note on_~ wollen~.]~
die =Frāge=, -n ~question;~ (einem) eine Frage stellen (~_or, without a
dat._,~ tun) ~ask (one) a question~
=frāgen= ~ask, inquire (for, after, about~ nach~) [_Cf._ ~bitten~.
N. B. ~fragen ~_always requires the_ ACC. _of the person to whom the
question is addressed._]~
=Frankfurt= (am Main) ~Frankfort on the Main, the most important
commercial city of West Germany, birthplace of Johann Wolfgang
Goethe, and for centuries prior to 1806 the scene of the election and
coronation of the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire~
=Franz= gen. Franz’ ~_or_~ Franzens ~Francis. Francis II (born in
1768), the last ruler of the Holy Roman Empire (1792-1806), reigned as
Francis I, first hereditary Emperor of Austria, from 1804 to his death
in 1835. “~Gott erhalte Franz, den Kaiser~” is the Austrian national
anthem, the melody of which was composed in 1797 by Joseph Haydn.
“~Deutschland über alles~” is sung to the same music, as is also the
hymn “Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God.”~
der =Franzō´se=, -n ~Frenchman;~ die Franzosen ~the French~
=frāß= ~_see_~ fressen
die =Frau=, -en ~woman; wife; [_in address_] Mrs.~
das =Fräulein= ~(young _or_ unmarried) lady; [_in address_] Miss~
=frei= ~free; open, clear;~ Weg frei! ~clear the way!~
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