Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
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Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
German language -- Readers
=kǟme= ~_past subj. of_~ kommen
der =Kămerād´=, -en ~[_in the nom. sg._~ d ~= t] comrade, companion,
chum~
die =Kammer=, -n ~bedroom~
das =Kammerfenster= ~bedroom window;~ 43, 12 unters Kammerfenster
~against _or_ on the window sill~
der =Kampf=, ̈–e ~combat, fight, conflict~
=kann= ~_see_~ können
=kannst= ~_2nd pers. sg. pres. ind. of_~ können
=kannte= ~_see_~ kennen
die =Kănō´ne=, -n ~cannon~
die =Kăpel´le=, -n ~chapel~
der =Kăpītǟn´=, -e ~(sea) captain~
der =Kăplān´=, Kaplǟ´ne ~curate~
das =Käppchen= ~little cap~
die =Kapsel=, -n ~(hemispherical) cover~
=Karl= ~Charles~
der =Kărren= ~cart~
die =Kartŏf´fel=, -n ~potato~
die =Kasse=, -n ~(money) chest (box);~ alle Kassen ~all the coffers~
das =Kastell´=, -e ~citadel, fort~
der =Kasten= ~[_pl. also ̈–_] chest~
der =Kāter= ~tomcat~
=kauern= ~crouch, huddle~
der =Kaufmann=, Kaufleute ~[_less often_~ ⸗männer~] merchant~
=kaum= ~scarcely, hardly, [_only just_ =] barely~
die =Kegelkugel=, -n ~bowling ball~
=kehren= ~[~ist gekehrt ~_when equivalent to the intr._~ umkehren
~_or_~ zurückkehren~] turn; return;~ ich kehre mich wenig (nicht)
daran ~I pay little (no) attention (heed) to that~
=kein=, keine, kein ~no, not a(ny)~
=keiner=, keine, keines ~no one, none, not any, nobody, not (any)one,
not... anybody (but~ als~) [_When used as a subst._ ~kein ~_has
throughout the inflection of_~ dieser~._Cf. note on_ ~einer~.]~
=kei´nerlei´= ~no kind of, not of any sort~
=keins= = keines
=kennen=, kannte (~_past subj._~ kennte~),~ gekannt ~[= _French_
connaître] know, be acquainted with; understand~
=kennzeichnen= ~mark, characterize, stamp~
=Kerkhoff= ~T. Kerkhoff, about whom the editors were not able to find
out anything save that fifteen years ago this author lived in East
Frisia~
der =Kerl=, -e ~fellow, chap; [_with an uncomplimentary adj._] wretch~
die =Kerze=, -n ~candle~
das =Kerzenlicht=, -er ~candlelight; lighted candle~
die =Kette=, -n ~chain~
=kichern= ~chuckle~
das =Kie´ferngehölz´=, -e ~pine grove~
das =Kind=, -er ~child~
die =Kinderjahre= ~[_pl._] childhood~
der =Kindesvater=, ⸗väter ~the father of the (a) child~
das =Kindlein= ~little child, baby~
die =Kindtaufe=, -n ~christening~
die =Kinzig= ~the Kinzig [_pronounced as in German_], a river in Baden,
rising in the Black Forest and emptying into the Rhine not far from
Strassburg~
die =Kirche=, -n ~church~
der =Kirchhōf=, ⸗höfe ~churchyard, cemetery~
der =Kirchtag=, -e = Kirchweih
die Kirchweih, -en ~[_Originally_] consecration of a church; [_now,
usually, the annual festival in commemoration of the dedication of the
parish church_] church-ale, parish fair, kermis~
der =Kirchweihtanz=, ⸗tänze ~kermis dance~
die =Kirmes=, ⸗messen = Kirchweih
=kitzeln= ~tickle~
k⸗k = ck ~[_in syllabication_]~
die =Klafter=, -n ~(_also_~ der ~_or_~ das Klafter) ~[_invariable after
a numeral_] fathom~
=klāgen= ~complain (about, of~ über ~+ _acc._)~
=klāgend= ~wailing, plaintive~
=klǟglich= ~pitiful, sad~
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