Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
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Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
German language -- Readers
=setzen=, setzte, gesetzt ~seat, set, place, put; _cf._~ hinzusetzen;
sich setzen ~sit down, seat one’s self~
=seufzen= ~(heave a) sigh; groan~
=Shakespeare= ~[_pronounced as in English_] William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)~
=sich= ~_refl. pron. of the third pers._ [_dat. or acc., sg. or
pl., masc., fem., or neut.; never capitalized to correspond with_~
Sie~; _often used where English uses a reciprocal or a pers. pron._]
him(self), her(self), it(self), them(selves), yourself (yourselves);~
sie schrieben sich alle Tage ~they wrote each other every day;~ er
hatte es bei sich ~he had it with him~
=sicher= ~safe, secure; [_adv., also_] certainly, surely;~ sicher nicht
~(most) assuredly not~
=sich’s= ~_colloqu. contraction of_~ sich es, ~_used for_~ es sich
=sichtbār= ~visible~
=sichtlich= = sichtbar ~perceptible, visible; evident~
=sie= ~she, [_acc._] her; [_referring to a non-personal fem.
antecedent_] it; [_pl._] they, [_acc._] them~
=Sie= ~_nom. or acc. pl._ [_of the pers. pron. of the third pers.,
used in formal address to one or more persons whom the speaker is not
justified in addressing by_~ du ~_or_~ ihr~, _and capitalized in such
use to distinguish it from_~ sie ~_meaning_ she _or they_] you [_Cf._~
du ~_and_~ ihr².~]~
=sieben= ~seven~
=siebenjährig= ~of (_or_ lasting) seven years;~ der Siebenjährige
~[_capitalized as part of a title_]~ Krieg ~the Seven Years’ War,
1756-1763~
=Siebensachen= ~[_pl. only; always preceded by a poss. pron._] one’s
things (belongings, traps)~
=siebzehnjährig= ~of seventeen years, seventeen year(s) old~
=sieden=, sott, gesotten ~[_but weak as an intr. verb in figurative
use, e.g._,~ mein Blut siedete~] boil~
=siedendheiß= ~[~⸗ent⸗~] boiling hot, scalding;~ einem siedendheiß auf
die Seele fallen ~strike one(’s mind) scalding hot~
=sieh= ~_imperative sg. of_~ sehen
=siehe= (da)! ~_interj._ behold!~
=sieht= ~_see_~ sehen
das =Silber=, des -s ~silver~
=Simrock= ~[zĭm-] Karl Joseph Simrock (1802-1876), from 1850 to his
death professor of Old German Literature in the University of Bonn~
=sind= ~[zint] _1st or 3rd pers. pl. pres. ind. of_~ sein
=singen=, sang, gesungen ~[zing-] sing~
das =Singen=, des -s ~singing~
=sinken=, sank, ist gesunken ~sink~
der =Sinn=, -e ~sense; mind;~ von Sinnen sein ~be out of one’s mind,
be mad [= crazy];~ offenen und nachdenklichen Sinnes ~with open and
reflective mind [_Cf. note on_~ tränend~.]~
=sinnen=, sann (sänne ~_or_~ sönne), gesonnen ~meditate, reflect,
ponder;~ auf etwas ~[_acc._]~ sinnen ~plan (plot) a thing~
=sinnend= ~meditative~
der =Sitz=, -e ~seat, chair~
=sitzen=, sāß, gesessen ~sit, be seated~
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