| Lesestück 2 - Glossar | |
| A German-English Glossary for this Reading Selection | |
Ein Lesestück für Anfänger
von Brigitte Dubiel
For more about the vocabulary in this Lesestück see German for Beginners and our English-German Glossaries.
NOTE: This glossary, reading text and related exercises are for private or classroom use only! Any other reproduction or commercial use is prohibited. Copyright © 2001 Hyde Flippo and About.com.
This German-English glossary goes with Lesestück 2 - Teil 3. It contains the important words and phrases you must know in order to read and understand the selection. Basic words, numbers and obvious cognates (Restaurant, Campingbus, parken, etc.) are not included.
| Glossar - Lesestück 2 (3) | |
| 13.00 Uhr (dreizehn Uhr) | 1:00 pm (13:00, 24-hour time) |
| Also see our Date and Time Glossary and How to Tell Time in German. | |
| keine Ahnung | no idea |
| sich ärgern | to be upset |
| auswandern | to emigrate |
| bedeuten | to mean |
| begrüßen | to greet |
| benennen (nach) | to name (after someone or something) |
| benannt | named (past part.) |
| deuten auf | point at |
| das Ehepaar (-e) | married couple |
| erklären | to explain |
| gucken | to look |
| herausfinden | to find out |
| herzlich | cordially |
| hinauflaufen | to run upstairs |
| hübsch | pretty |
| Klasse! | great, super |
| der Koch die Köchin |
cook (m.) cook (f.) |
| den Kopf schütteln | to shake one's head |
| kurz | short, shortly |
| kennenlernen (lernen...kennnen) | to meet, become acquainted with |
| lustig | funny |
| die Mütze (-n) | cap |
| die Nichte (-n) | niece |
| die Neubauten (pl) | new buildings |
| der Stock | floor, story (of building) |
| in den ersten Stock | (up) to the second story |
| NOTE: The German "first" floor is the second floor in the US. The "first" floor in most of the world is the first floor above the ground floor (das Erdgeschoss). German uses the preposition in for "on" or "to" a floor: im ersten Stock = on the second floor | |
| tragen (trug) | to wear (wore) |
| der Türke | Turk, Turkish man |
| türkisch (adj.) | Turkish |
| Also see Land und Leute, our German-English glossary of countries, nationalities and languages! | |
| überhaupt | at all |
| die Umleitung (-en) | detour |
| sich verfahren | to lose one's way while driving |
| sich verändern | to change |
| Vieles | many things |
| vorstellen | to introduce |
| vor sechs Jahren | six years ago |
| wäre | would be (a form of sein) |
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