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WHEREIN IS RELATED THE DROLL WAY IN WHICH DON QUIXOTE HAD HIMSELF DUBBED A KNIGHT

WORIN DIE DROLLIGE ART UND WEISE BESCHRIEBEN WIRD, AUF WELCHE DON QUIXOTE SICH ZUM RITTER SCHLAGEN LIESS

Vocabulary

WORIN
in which; used to introduce a relative clause
DROLLIGE
funny, amusing, droll; describing something comically odd
ART
manner, kind, type, or way of doing something
WEISE
way, manner; often paired with Art meaning fashion or style
BESCHRIEBEN
described; past participle of beschreiben, to describe
WIRD
becomes or is; third person singular present of werden
AUF
on, upon, at; versatile preposition indicating position or direction
WELCHE
which, what; relative or interrogative pronoun for nouns
SICH
himself, herself, itself; reflexive pronoun for third person
ZUM
to the; contraction of zu and dem, dative masculine
RITTER
knight; a medieval armored warrior of noble rank
SCHLAGEN
to strike, beat; here used in zum Ritter schlagen, to knight
LIESS
let, allowed, had done; past tense of lassen
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