Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
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Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
German language -- Readers
=wollen=, will, wollte, gewollt ~(_or, if preceded by a dependent
infin._,~ wollen~) [~wollen ~_expresses the will, claim, or intention
of the subject; cf._~ sollen~] will, be willing, intend, “want,” be
(am, _etc._) going to, be about to, be on the point of, try (start)
to, [_past_] “went to,” seem likely to, wish;~ 3, 11 wollen wir...
~do we want... [_i.e., =you= decide whether we are to..., hence_]
shall we...;~ 16, 20 der Mann wollte nicht kommen ~her husband would
not come, it seemed as if her husband would never come;~ der Streit
schien nicht enden zu wollen ~(_cf._ 70, 18) the quarrel (did not seem
to be willing to end, _i.e._,) showed no signs of coming to an end;~
er wollte nicht hinaus ~(_cf._ 21, 8) [_After a mod. aux. an infin.
expressing motion is often omitted if no ambiguity arises therefrom.
Cf._ I will to-morrow to the weird sisters (_Macbeth iii. 4. 132_),
Murder will out, _and the colloquialism_ I want in _or_ out (= to get
_or_ come in _or_ out) _used in some parts of the United States._]~
=wŏmĭt´= ~interrog. with what; _relat._ with which, wherewith~
=wōnāch´= ~to (toward, after, for, about) what~
die =Wonne=, -n ~delight; bliss; rapture~
=wōrăn´= ~by what~
=wōrauf´= ~on what~
=wŏrden= ~_past part. of_~ werden ~[_used only in forming the perfect
tenses of the passive voice_] been~
=wōrĭn´= ~in what (particular)~
das =Wort=, ~[~Wörter~, _individually, but collectively in speech_]~
Worte ~word;~ das Wort ergreifen (nehmen) ~begin to speak, take the
floor, speak up~
das =Wörterbūch=, ⸗bücher ~dictionary; vocabulary~
=wōrü´ber= ~_interrog._ at (of, about) what; _relat._ whereat, at
(over, about) which~
=wōvŏn´= ~_interrog._ of (with, by, from, on) what; _relat._ of (from)
which~
=wōvōr´= ~of (before, from) what~
=wōzū´= ~for what (purpose), to what;~ wozu das? ~what’s the good of
that?~
=wūchs= ~[~wūks~] _see_~ wachsen
die =Wunde=, -n ~[vo͝on-] wound~
das =Wunder= ~[vo͝on-] miracle, wonderful (extraordinary, strange)
thing; (feeling of) wonder~
der =Wunderārzt=, ⸗ärzte ~wonderful physician, miracle-(working) doctor~
=wunderbār= ~wonderful; marvelous, astonishing~
=Wunderbāres= ~wonderful thing, thing that is (was) wonderful
(marvelous) [_Cf._~ Besonderes~.]~
der =Wun´derdok´tŏr=, -s Wun´derdoktō´ren = Wunderarzt
die =Wunderlampe=, -n ~magic lamp~
=wunderlich= ~singular, strange, odd, peculiar, extraordinary~
=wundern= ~surprise, astonish;~ sich ~[_acc._]~ wundern ~wonder, be
(feel) astonished, surprised, amazed (at _gen. or, more usually,_~ über
~+ _acc._)~
=wun´derschön´= ~wonderfully beautiful (fine; _adv._ well)~
=wundervoll= = wunderbar ~wonderful, marvelous~
=wundlaufen=, läuft wund´, lief wund´, wundgelaufen ~make sore with
walking (running)~
der =Wunsch=, ̈–e ~wish;~ einen Wunsch tun ~(express a) wish for
something, make a wish~
=wü̆nschen= ~wish (for), desire [_often with a dat. refl. pron. which
the English does not require_];~ einem wie gewünscht kommen ~be just
what one wishes~
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