Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
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Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
German language -- Readers
der =Sonnenschein=, des -(e)s ~sunshine~
der =Sonntāg=, -e ~Sunday [_The names of the days of the week are
preceded by the def. art. except when used in the acc. to express
definite time, or as pred. nom. or the object of a verb in sentences
that tell the day; e.g.:_~ ich habe ihn manchen Sonntag gesehen~;
~heute ist Sonntag~;~ gestern hatten wir Sonntag~; _but:_ ~Sonntag
~(_acc._) _or_~ am Sonntag kam der Tod~.]~
der =Sonn´tāgnāch´mittāg=, -e ~Sunday afternoon~
der =Sonntāgsrock=, ⸗röcke ~best (Sunday) coat~
=sonst= ~else, otherwise [_often equivalent to a conditional clause_];
formerly, in the past; usually, at other times~
=sōoft´= ~[_without_~ wie ~_or_~ als~, _but always followed by
transposition_] as often as, whenever, every time (that)~
die =Sorge=, -n ~care; anxiety, concern;~ einem Sorge machen ~cause a
person trouble (worry);~ mache dir um meinetwillen keine Sorge! ~don’t
worry about me!~
=sorgen= ~see to, look out for (after), provide for (~für~)~
=sorgfä̆ltig= ~careful; exact, accurate; painstaking~
=sorglich= = sorgfältig ~careful~
=sorglōs= ~without (a) care~
die =Sorte=, -n ~kind, sort~
=sōviel´= ~so (as) much; [_without_~ wie ~_or_~ als~, _but always
followed by transposition_] as much as;~ soviel ich weiß ~as far as I
know~
=sōwe´nig=... wie (als) ~as little... as, no more... than [_with
negative force; but_~ so wenig... wie ~_when actual comparison is
implied:_~ ich habe sowenig Geld wie du ~_i.e._, neither of us has any;
but~ ich habe so wenig Geld wie du ~as little as, _i.e._, the same
amount as, you]~
=sōzūsā´gen= ~so to speak, as it were [_but not set off by commas in
German_]~
der =Spalt=, -e ~(long) slit, crack~
=spalten=, spaltete, gespaltet ~_or_~ gespalten ~[_only the latter in
intr. use_] split~
das =Spānlicht=, -er ~the light of a pine splinter, lighted pine
splinter~
die =Spannung=, -en ~strain, (anxious) suspense~
=spärlich= ~scanty, in small quantity; rare, infrequent~
=spārsām= ~[-rz-] (fond of) saving, thrifty, economical~
=spät= ~late~
=spätā´bends= ~[-nts] =~ spät am Abend ~late in the evening~
der =Spāten= ~spade~
=spä´terhĭn´= ~later on~
der =Spätherbst=, des -es ~[~⸗herpst~] late [= _latter part of the_]
autumn [_Cf._~ Sommer~.]~
=spazie´rengehen=, ging spazie´ren ist spazie´rengegangen ~take (go
for) a walk (stroll)~
die =Speise=, -n ~food~
die =Spende=, -n ~(charitable) gift, donation~
=sperren= ~imprison (lock up) a person (in~ in ~+ _acc._)~
das =Spiel=, -e ~play(ing); game~
=spielen= ~play~
die =Spielleute= ~_pl. of_~ Spielmann
der =Spielmann=, -(e)s, Spielleute ~musician;~ fahrende Spielleute
~strolling minstrels~
=spintīsi´eren= ~[_past part._~ spintisiert´~] speculate; daydream~
der =Spitzbūbe=, -n ~thief; villain~
die =Spitze=, -n ~point, tip~
der =Spott=, des -(e)s ~mockery, sneering, derision~
=spöttisch= ~mocking, scoffing; sarcastic; scornful~
=sprāch= ~_see_~ sprechen
=sprang= ~_see_~ springen
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