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Vocabulary

Buchdeckel

Book cover, the outer protective binding of a book

Volle

Full, complete, entire amount or size

Größe

Size, magnitude, or greatness of something

Buchrücken

Book spine, the bound edge of a book

von

By or from, indicating authorship or origin

Übersetzt

Translated, converted text from one language to another

Anmerkung

Note, annotation, or remark added to a text

Herausgebers

Of the editor or publisher, genitive form

oben

Above, at the top, or upstairs

gezeigte

Shown, displayed, or illustrated above

sowie

As well as, and also, in addition to

folgenden

Following, subsequent, the ones listed below

Abbildungen

Illustrations, figures, or images in a text

waren

Were, past tense of 'sein' (to be)

Teil

Part, portion, or section of a whole

ursprünglichen

Original, initial, of the first version

Übersetzung

Translation, a text converted to another language

stammen

To originate from, to come from a source

aus

From, out of, indicating origin or source

Ausgabe

Edition, issue, or published version of a work

illustriert

Illustrated, decorated or explained with images

erklärt

Explains, declares, or clarifies something

seiner

His, in his, possessive pronoun dative form

englische

English, relating to the English language

Text

Text, written or printed content of a work

verwendet

Used, employed, or applied for a purpose

wird

Becomes or will be, auxiliary or main verb

mit

With, together with, using something

gelegentlichen

Occasional, happening now and then, infrequent

Korrekturen

Corrections, fixes made to errors in a text

Siehe

See, look at, refer to something listed

Einleitung

Introduction, opening section of a text

unten

Below, at the bottom, or downstairs

Kritik

Criticism, critical evaluation or review of something

Übersetzungen

Translations, plural of Übersetzung, multiple translated texts

vorliegenden

Present, current, the one at hand here

wurde

Was, became, past passive auxiliary verb form

beschlossen

Decided, resolved, agreed upon a course of action

berühmten

Famous, renowned, well-known, celebrated engravings

Stiche

Engravings, prints, or stitches in artistic context

beizufügen

To add, to append, to include alongside something

anstatt

Instead of, in place of, as a substitute

Details

Details, fine particular features of an image

vieler

Of many, genitive plural of 'viel' (many)

lassen

Let, allow, or can be done by someone

sich

Oneself, reflexive pronoun used with reflexive verbs

nur

Only, just, merely, nothing more than

durch

Through, by means of, via a method

Nutzung

Use, usage, utilization of something available

Schaltfläche

Button, clickable interface element in digital contexts

vollständig

Completely, fully, entirely without omission

erfassen

To grasp, capture, or comprehend something fully

um

In order to, around, at (time or purpose)

auf

On, onto, upon, or indicating direction upward

ihre

Their, her, possessive pronoun referring to something

Abmessungen

Dimensions, measurements, size specifications of something

zu

To, too, toward, infinitive particle in German

vergrößern

To enlarge, to zoom in, to increase size

hat

Has, third person singular of 'haben' (to have)

seinem

His, its, dative possessive pronoun for masculine

Vorwort

Foreword, preface, introductory remarks before main text

phantasievolle

Imaginative, fanciful, full of creative fantasy

Art

Type, manner, style, or species of something

Illustrationen

Illustrations, images created to accompany a text

kritisiert

Criticized, evaluated negatively or analytically assessed

andere

Others, other people holding a different opinion

sind

Are, third person plural of 'sein' (to be)

Meinung

Opinion, view, personal belief about a topic

dass

That, subordinating conjunction introducing a subordinate clause

diese

These, this, demonstrative pronoun for nearby objects

Holzschnitte

Woodcuts, prints made from carved wooden blocks

Stahlstiche

Steel engravings, prints etched onto steel plates

gut

Good, well, of high quality or suitability

Träumen

Dreams, imaginative visions or sleeping fantasies

passen

To fit, to suit, to match appropriately

des

Of the, genitive definite article for masculine/neuter

die

The, definite article for feminine or plural nouns

Der

The, definite article for masculine nominative nouns

und

And, coordinating conjunction joining words or clauses

in

In, inside, within a place or context

an

At, on, to, preposition indicating position or direction

In

In, preposition indicating location or inclusion