| Lesestück 6 - Glossar | |
| A German-English Glossary for this Reading Selection | |
Ein Lesestück für Fortgeschrittene
Auszug von Wilhelm Dörpfeld
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This German-English glossary goes with Lesestück 6. It contains only the more difficult words and phrases from the selection. Basic words, numbers and cognates are not included.
| Glossar - Lesestück 6 | |
| Ausgrabungs-Kampagne excavation project, archaeological dig Bestätigung confirmation Bucht (Syvota-Bucht) bay (Sybota Bay) Darlegungen explanations Dichtung literature, poetry Ebene plain erfreulich wonderful fahrbar navigable fand .. statt see stattfinden feststellen/festgestellt to determine, verify/determined, verified Fortsetzung continuation Geheimrat privy counselor (honorary title) Gelehrte scholars, learned men geschmückt decorated gütige Gewährung der Mittel gracious/kind granting of the means Gönner (Pl.) benefactors, patrons heimgesucht (von Fiebern ... Dorfe Nidri) afflicted, plagued by (the fever-plagued village of Nidri) |
Kieslage layer of gravel Kriegsschiffe war ships, naval vessels lohnend worthwhile Nehrung spit, narrow strip of land Ölbäume olive trees Ölwälder olive groves Reede roadstead, (protected) anchorage Schilderung description schmuck (adj., obs.) attractive, pretty speiste fed (the spring) spiegelglatt calm, smooth (sea) Spott derision, ridicule stattfinden to take place T(h)onrohre clay, ceramic pipes Tropfstein-Grotten limestone caves; stalactite grottos Übereinstimmung agreement verzögern (hat sich ... etwas verzögert) to delay, hesitate (has been somewhat delayed) vollkommen perfect zunächst first, at first |
| Also see our Strong Verbs section. | |
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