Anna Karenina — Page 1
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Alle glücklichen Familien gleichen einander; jede unglückliche Familie ist auf ihre eigene Weise unglücklich.
Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys' house.
Im Hause Oblonski herrschte große Verwirrung.
The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could not go on living in the same house with him.
Die Frau hatte entdeckt, dass der Mann ein Verhältnis mit einem französischen Mädchen unterhielt, das Gouvernante in ihrer Familie gewesen war, und sie hatte ihrem Mann erklärt, dass sie nicht länger mit ihm unter einem Dach leben könne.
This position of affairs had now lasted three days, and not only the husband and wife themselves, but all the members of their family and household, were painfully conscious of it.
Dieser Zustand dauerte nun bereits drei Tage an, und nicht nur der Mann und die Frau selbst, sondern alle Mitglieder ihrer Familie und des Haushalts litten schmerzlich darunter.
Every person in the house felt that there was no sense in their living together, and that the stray people brought together by chance in any inn had more in common with one another than they, the members of the family and household of the Oblonskys.
Jeder im Haus spürte, dass es keinen Sinn hatte, dass sie zusammenlebten, und dass zufällig zusammengewürfelte Fremde in irgendeinem Gasthaus mehr miteinander gemein hatten als sie, die Mitglieder der Familie und des Haushalts der Oblonskis.
The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days.
Die Frau verließ ihr Zimmer nicht, der Mann war seit drei Tagen nicht zu Hause gewesen.
The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning.
Die Kinder liefen wild durch das ganze Haus; die englische Gouvernante stritt sich mit der Haushälterin und schrieb an eine Freundin mit der Bitte, ihr eine neue Stelle zu suchen; der Koch war am Tag zuvor genau zur Essenszeit davongelaufen; das Küchenmädchen und der Kutscher hatten gekündigt.
Vocabulary
- Alle
- All; referring to every person or thing
- glücklichen
- Happy; describing people or families in joy
- Familien
- Families; plural of Familie, a household unit
- gleichen
- Resemble; to be alike or similar to something
- einander
- Each other; referring to mutual relationship between people
- jede
- Every; each individual one of a group
- unglückliche
- Unhappy; describing a sad or unfortunate person
- Familie
- Family; a group of related people living together
- ist
- Is; third-person singular present of sein (to be)
- auf
- On; in; preposition indicating position or manner
- ihre
- Her; their; possessive pronoun for feminine or plural
- eigene
- Own; belonging specifically to oneself or itself
- Weise
- Way; manner in which something is done or happens
- unglücklich
- Unhappy; feeling or expressing sadness or misfortune
- Im
- In the; contraction of in dem (in the)
- Hause
- House; home, dative form of Haus
- herrschte
- Prevailed; past tense of herrschen, to reign or dominate
- große
- Great; large; adjective describing size or intensity
- Verwirrung
- Confusion; a state of disorder or bewilderment
- Die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- Frau
- Woman; wife; a female adult or spouse
- hatte
- Had; simple past tense of haben (to have)
- entdeckt
- Discovered; past participle of entdecken, to find out
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a dependent clause
- der
- The; definite article for masculine nouns in German
- Mann
- Man; husband; an adult male or spouse
- ein
- A; an; indefinite article for masculine or neuter nouns
- Verhältnis
- Affair; relationship; an illicit romantic involvement
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or involvement
- einem
- A; dative indefinite article for masculine or neuter nouns
- französischen
- French; adjective describing something from France
- Mädchen
- Girl; a young female person or child
- unterhielt
- Maintained; past tense of unterhalten, to carry on
- das
- The; definite article for neuter nouns in German
- Gouvernante
- Governess; a woman employed to teach children at home
- in
- In; preposition indicating location or inclusion
- ihrer
- Their; her; genitive or dative possessive pronoun
- gewesen
- Been; past participle of sein (to be)
- war
- Was; simple past tense of sein (to be)
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction linking words or clauses
- sie
- She; they; third-person pronoun, feminine or plural
- ihrem
- Her; their; dative possessive pronoun
- erklärt
- Declared; explained; past participle of erklären
- nicht
- Not; negation word used to negate verbs or adjectives
- länger
- Longer; comparative of lang, indicating extended duration
- ihm
- Him; dative personal pronoun for masculine third person
- unter
- Under; beneath; preposition indicating position below something
- Dach
- Roof; the covering structure at the top of a building
- leben
- To live; to exist or reside in a place
- könne
- Could; subjunctive of können, expressing ability or possibility
- Dieser
- This; demonstrative pronoun referring to a nearby thing
- Zustand
- Condition; state; the current situation or circumstances
- dauerte
- Lasted; past tense of dauern, to last or continue
- nun
- Now; at this moment or by this point in time
- bereits
- Already; indicating something has happened before expected
- drei
- Three; the cardinal number between two and four
- Tage
- Days; plural of Tag, a 24-hour period
- an
- At; on; separable prefix or preposition indicating position
- nur
- Only; just; limiting something to one thing exclusively
- die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- selbst
- Herself; himself; itself; emphatic reflexive pronoun
- sondern
- But rather; conjunction correcting a negative statement
- alle
- All; every; referring to an entire group of people
- Mitglieder
- Members; plural of Mitglied, those belonging to a group
- des
- Of the; genitive definite article for masculine or neuter
- Haushalts
- Household; genitive of Haushalt, a domestic establishment
- litten
- Suffered; past tense of leiden, to endure pain
- schmerzlich
- Painfully; in a way that causes grief or distress
- darunter
- From it; under it; referring to a previously mentioned cause
- Jeder
- Everyone; each person individually in a group
- im
- In the; contraction of in dem (in the)
- Haus
- House; a building used as a home or residence
- spürte
- Felt; sensed; past tense of spüren, to perceive
- es
- It; third-person neuter pronoun referring to a thing
- keinen
- No; none; accusative negative article for masculine nouns
- Sinn
- Sense; meaning; purpose or point of something
- zusammenlebten
- Lived together; past tense of zusammenleben, to cohabit
- zufällig
- Randomly; by chance; happening without intention or plan
- zusammengewürfelte
- Randomly assembled; thrown together without selection or order
- Fremde
- Strangers; people who are unknown to each other
- irgendeinem
- Some; any; dative indefinite pronoun for an unspecified thing
- Gasthaus
- Inn; guesthouse; a small hotel or lodging establishment
- mehr
- More; a greater amount or degree of something
- miteinander
- With each other; together; in mutual interaction or company
- gemein
- In common; shared between two or more parties
- hatten
- Had; past tense plural of haben (to have)
- als
- Than; as; used in comparisons or temporal clauses
- verließ
- Left; past tense of verlassen, to abandon or depart
- ihr
- Her; their; possessive or personal pronoun
- Zimmer
- Room; a separate space within a house or building
- seit
- Since; for; preposition indicating duration of time
- Tagen
- Days; dative plural of Tag, a period of 24 hours
- zu
- To; too; preposition or infinitive particle in German
- Kinder
- Children; plural of Kind, young people or offspring
- liefen
- Ran; past tense plural of laufen, to run or move
- wild
- Wild; uncontrolled; behaving without restraint or order
- durch
- Through; across; preposition indicating movement within space
- ganze
- Whole; entire; describing the complete extent of something
- englische
- English; adjective referring to England or its culture
- stritt
- Argued; past tense of streiten, to quarrel or dispute
- sich
- Herself; himself; reflexive pronoun used with reflexive verbs
- Haushälterin
- Housekeeper; a woman employed to manage domestic tasks
- schrieb
- Wrote; simple past tense of schreiben, to write
- eine
- A; an; indefinite article for feminine nouns in German
- Freundin
- Friend; girlfriend; a female friend or close companion
- Bitte
- Please; request; a polite appeal or entreaty
- neue
- New; fresh; adjective describing something recently made
- Stelle
- Position; job; a place of employment or specific location
- suchen
- To search; to look for something or someone
- Koch
- Cook; chef; a person who prepares food professionally
- am
- At the; on the; contraction of an dem in German
- Tag
- Day; a 24-hour period or daytime hours
- zuvor
- Before; previously; indicating something happened earlier
- genau
- Exactly; precisely; used to indicate accuracy or agreement
- zur
- To the; contraction of zu der for feminine dative nouns
- Essenszeit
- Mealtime; the scheduled time for eating a meal
- davongelaufen
- Run away; past participle of davonlaufen, to flee
- Küchenmädchen
- Kitchen maid; a female servant working in the kitchen
- Kutscher
- Coachman; a driver of a horse-drawn carriage
- gekündigt
- Resigned; given notice; past participle of kündigen
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