Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
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Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
German language -- Readers
=schütten= ~pour, throw~
der =Schutz=, des -es ~protection; defense~
=schützen= ~protect, shelter~
der =Schutzgeist=, -er ~guardian spirit~
der =Schutzverwandte=; (kein) Schutzverwandter; ~[_pl._]~
Schutzverwandte; die (keine) Schutzverwandten ~denizen~
=schwăch=, schwä̆cher, der schwä̆chste ~[in comp. and superl.~ ch ~as
in~ ich~] weak, feeble, infirm~
=schwächlich= ~weakly, frail, feeble~
die =Schwalbe=, -n ~swallow~
=schwamm= ~_see_~ schwimmen
=schwang= ~_see_~ schwingen
der =Schwanz=, ̈–e ~tail~
=schwarz=, schwärzer, der schwärzeste ~black~
=schwärzen= ~blacken~
der =Schwefel= ~brimstone, sulphur~
=schwefelgelb= = so gelb wie Schwefel ~brimstone-yellow, sulphur-yellow~
der =Schwe´felgestank´= des -(e)s ~smell of brimstone~
=schweigen=, schwieg, geschwiegen ~be silent, keep silence, hold one’s
tongue; cease (speaking)~
=schweigend= ~_pres. part. of_~ schweigen ~(keeping) silent; without
(saying) a word~
=schweigsām= ~silent, quiet~
das =Schwein=, -e ~pig, hog, [_pl., also_] swine~
der =Schweinsbrāten= ~[-ns, NOT -nz] roast (of) pork~
=schweißtriefend= ~dripping with perspiration, all in a sweat~
=schwelgen= ~revel~
=schwellen=, schwillt, schwoll, ist geschwollen ~swell~
=schwēr= ~heavy; difficult, hard; grievous; serious, dangerous
[_illness_];~ es ist mir schwer geworden ~it (has) proved difficult for
me, I (have) found it hard;~ schwer leiden ~suffer greatly (grievously)~
=schwērlich= ~hardly, scarcely~
die =Schwester=, -n ~sister~
die =Schwiegermutter=, ⸗mütter ~mother-in-law~
=schwimmen=, schwamm (schwömme), ~[_when direction is expressed_,~
ist~]~ geschwommen ~swim~
der =Schwindel=, des -s ~(attack, fit of) dizziness, giddiness~
=schwindelig= ~dizzy, giddy;~ es wird mir schwindelig ~_or_~ mir wird
schwindelig ~I get dizzy (giddy) [_Cf. note on_ ~angst~.]~
=schwingen=, schwang, geschwungen ~swing; brandish, wave~
=schwitzen= ~sweat [_Cf._~ tun~.]~
=schwoll= ~_see_~ schwellen
=sechs= ~[zĕks] six~
=sechshun´dert= ~[zĕks-] six hundred~
=sechzig= ~sixty~
der =Sechziger= ~man in the sixties~
der =See=, -s, -n ~[_pl., two syllables_] lake~
die =See=, -n ~[_pl., two syllables_] =~ das Meer ~sea, ocean;~ auf
(der) See ~at sea, on the ocean~
die =Seebachmühle= ~the Lakebrook Mill~
=Seedorf= ~Lakeville, an imaginary village near the scene of ~Die
befreiten Seelen
der =See´kapītǟn´=, -e ~sea captain~
die =Seele=, -n ~soul; mind~
das =Seeleben=, des -s ~life at sea (aboard ship)~
der =Seelenfresser= ~soul eater, soul swallower~
=Seeleute= ~_pl. of_~ Seemann
der =Seemann=, des -(e)s, Seeleute ~[_less often_~ ⸗männer~] seaman,
sailor, mariner, seafaring man;~ alter Seemann ~old salt~
der =Segen= ~blessing; prosperity~
=sehen=, sieht, sah, gesehen ~(_or, if preceded by a dependent
infin._,~ sehen~) see, look [_In English the object of see may be
followed by either the infin. or the pres. part._: I saw him run _or_
running; _in German only the infin. is so used_:~ ich sah ihn laufen~.]~
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