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Lesestück 2 - Glossar
A German-English Glossary for this Reading Selection
Eine Urlaubsreise (4)
Ein Lesestück für Anfänger
von Brigitte Dubiel

For more about the vocabulary in this Lesestück see German for Beginners and our English-German Glossaries.

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This German-English glossary goes with Lesestück 2 - Teil 4. It contains the important words and phrases you must know in order to read and understand the selection. Basic words, numbers and obvious cognates are not included.

Glossar - Lesestück 2 (4)
Angst haben (vor) to be afraid (of)
ausgezeichnet excellent
besonders especially
blitzen to flash
   es blitzt there's lightning
blöd stupid
donnern to thunder
das Dorf (Dörfer) village
Enkel(kinder, pl) grandchildren
erfinden to invent - See pop-up in text
erwidern to reply
es tut ihnen leid they're sorry
sich fürchten vor to be afraid of
fehlen See pop-up in text
genau exactly
das Gewitter thunderstorm
kichern to giggle
klagen to complain / wail
kurz danach shortly after that
langweilig boring
 
das Märchen (-) fairy tale
mitnehmen to take along
murmeln to mumble
   vor sich hin murmeln to mumble to oneself
plötzlich suddenly
regnen to rain
die Richtung direction
   in Richtung in the direction of
das Schloss (Schlösser) castle
toll great, super
sich umschauen to look around
unterbrechen to interject / interrupt
sich verabschieden to say good-bye
der Verkehr traffic
vorbeifahren to drive by
vorwärts forward / ahead
wohl (here) probably
die Wolke (-n) cloud
der Zahnarzt/die Zahnärztin dentist
   See pop-up in text
 
Also see our Strong Verbs section.

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