Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
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Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
German language -- Readers
die =Grūbe=, -n ~hole [_in which a burrowing animal makes its home_]~
die =Grübelei´=, -en ~speculation, (gloomy) meditation~
=grün= ~green~
das =Grün=, des -s ~green (color); green fields _or_ foliage; verdure~
der =Grund=, ̈–e ~ground; cause, reason;~ =aus= diesem Grunde ~=for=
this reason~
=gründlich= ~[~⸗nt⸗~] thorough; clear; at length~
=grundlōs= ~[~⸗nt⸗~] bottomless; boggy, impassable~
=grünen= ~grow green, burst into leaf, put forth leaves~
=grüßen= ~salute, greet; bow (nod, wave one’s hand) to~
der =Gulden= ~gulden~
die =Gunst=, -en ~favor, kindness~
=gūt=, besser, der beste ~good, kind; easy (_cf._~ befehlen~);~ es gut
haben ~be well off (comfortable), have an easy time of it; _adv._ well;
all right~
das =Gūt=, ̈–er ~property, possessions;~ Hab und Gut ~goods and
chattels, all one’s property~
die =Güte= ~kindness (of heart);~ die Güte haben ~be so good (kind)~
=Gūtes= ~good, kindness;~ einem viel Gutes erweisen ~do a person many
kindnesses [_Cf._~ Besonderes~.]~
=gütig= ~kind(-hearted)~
=gūtmachen=, machte gut´, gutgemacht ~make good (reparation for)~
=gūttūn=, tūt gūt´, tāt gut´, gutgetān ~[_dat._] do good, benefit~
H.
das =h= ~(the letter) h [_Cf._~ g~.]~
das =Haar=, -e ~hair;~ mit Haut und Haar(en) ~with hide and hair,
_i.e._, entirely, completely [_German uses either the sg.:_ ~er hat
graues Haar ~_like English, or the pl._:~ er hat graue Haare~.]~
=Haarlem= ~Haarlem, in the province of North Holland, center of a large
trade in Dutch bulbs, seat of the Dutch Society of Sciences;~ die Stadt
Haarlem ~the city =of= Haarlem [_In German a proper noun stands as an_
=appositive= _to a generic term and_ =not= _as a dependent gen._]~
=Haarlemer= ~_adj._ (of) Haarlem [_Cf._~ Emdener~.]~
=Hāb= ~[~hāp~] =~ die Habe; ~_but the phrase_~ Hab und Gut ~[_cf._~
Gut~] _is treated as a compound noun of neut. gender, the first element
of which is invariable._~
=hāb’= = habe
die =Hābe= ~[_no pl._] effects, goods~
=hāben=, hăt, hătte, gehābt ~have;~ ist zu haben ~is to be had [~haben
~_is used as auxiliary in forming the perfect tenses of all transitive
or reflexive verbs, the modal auxiliaries, and all intransitive
verbs_ EXCEPT~ sein~, ~bleiben~,~ geschehen~,~ gelingen~,~ glücken~
(~mißglücken~,~ mißlingen~) _and such as express a transition from one
place or state to another, all of which are conjugated with_ ~sein~.
~_In a subordinate clause the aux. of a pres. perf. or past perf. tense
is frequently omitted if no ambiguity arises therefrom; this omission
is especially common when the next word is a verb._]~
=haben’s= = haben es
=habgierig= ~[~hāp⸗~] avaricious, grasping~
=hāb’s= = habe es
=habsüchtig= ~[~hāp⸗~] =~ habgierig
der =Hafer=, des -s ~oats~
der =Hāgelschlāg=, des -(e)s ~damage done (loss caused) by hail~
=hāhāhā´!= ~ha ha ha!~
=hălb= ~half;~ =ein halbes= Pfund ~=half a= pound~
=hălbgrōß= ~[~hălp⸗~] of medium length~
der =Hălbschlummer=, des -s ~[~hălp⸗~] light slumber, doze~
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