Dracula — Page 5
They wore high boots, with their trousers tucked into them, and had long black hair and heavy black moustaches.
Sie trugen hohe Stiefel, in die ihre Hosen gesteckt waren, und hatten langes schwarzes Haar und schwere schwarze Schnurrbärte.
They are very picturesque, but do not look prepossessing.
Sie sind sehr malerisch, aber wirken nicht einnehmend.
On the stage they would be set down at once as some old Oriental band of brigands.
Auf der Bühne würde man sie sofort als eine alte orientalische Räuberbande einordnen.
They are, however, I am told, very harmless and rather wanting in natural self-assertion.
Man sagt mir jedoch, dass sie sehr harmlos und eher von Natur aus wenig selbstbewusst sind.
It was on the dark side of twilight when we got to Bistritz, which is a very interesting old place.
Es war in der dunklen Stunde der Dämmerung, als wir nach Bistritz kamen, einem sehr interessanten alten Ort.
Being practically on the frontier--for the Borgo Pass leads from it into Bukovina--it has had a very stormy existence, and it certainly shows marks of it.
Da es praktisch an der Grenze liegt – denn der Borgo-Pass führt von dort nach Bukowina – hat es eine sehr turbulente Geschichte gehabt, und das ist ihm gewiss anzumerken.
Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions.
Vor fünfzig Jahren ereignete sich eine Reihe großer Brände, die bei fünf verschiedenen Gelegenheiten schreckliche Verwüstungen anrichteten.
At the very beginning of the seventeenth century it underwent a siege of three weeks and lost 13,000 people, the casualties of war proper being assisted by famine and disease.
Zu Beginn des siebzehnten Jahrhunderts wurde es drei Wochen lang belagert und verlor 13.000 Menschen, wobei zu den eigentlichen Kriegsopfern noch Hunger und Krankheit hinzukamen.
Count Dracula had directed me to go to the Golden Krone Hotel, which I found, to my great delight, to be thoroughly old-fashioned, for of course I wanted to see all I could of the ways of the country.
Graf Dracula hatte mich angewiesen, zum Hotel Goldene Krone zu gehen, das ich zu meiner großen Freude als durch und durch altmodisch vorfand, denn natürlich wollte ich so viel wie möglich von den Sitten des Landes kennenlernen.
I was evidently expected, for when I got near the door I faced a cheery-looking elderly woman in the usual peasant dress--white undergarment with long double apron, front, and back, of coloured stuff fitting almost too tight for modesty.
Man erwartete mich offensichtlich, denn als ich mich der Tür näherte, stand vor mir eine fröhlich aussehende ältere Frau in der üblichen Bauerntracht – weißes Untergewand mit einer langen doppelten Schürze, vorne und hinten, aus buntem Stoff, der fast zu eng für den Anstand saß.
Vocabulary
- Sie
- Third person plural or formal 'you' pronoun
- trugen
- Past tense of tragen; they wore or carried
- hohe
- Adjective meaning high or tall
- Stiefel
- Boots worn on the feet
- ihre
- Possessive pronoun meaning their or her
- Hosen
- Plural of Hose; trousers or pants
- gesteckt
- Past participle of stecken; tucked or inserted
- langes
- Adjective meaning long, here modifying hair
- schwarzes
- Adjective meaning black
- Haar
- Hair on one's head
- schwere
- Adjective meaning heavy or thick
- schwarze
- Adjective meaning black
- Schnurrbärte
- Plural of Schnurrbart; mustaches worn on upper lip
- malerisch
- Adjective meaning picturesque or scenic
- wirken
- To seem, appear, or have an effect
- einnehmend
- Adjective meaning charming or winning in manner
- Bühne
- Stage in a theater or performance venue
- würde
- Conditional form of werden; would
- sofort
- Adverb meaning immediately or at once
- orientalische
- Adjective meaning oriental or eastern
- Räuberbande
- Band of robbers or a gang of thieves
- einordnen
- To classify, categorize, or place into a group
- jedoch
- Adverb or conjunction meaning however or yet
- harmlos
- Adjective meaning harmless or innocuous
- eher
- Adverb meaning rather, sooner, or more likely
- Natur
- Nature; also one's innate character or disposition
- wenig
- Adjective or adverb meaning little or few
- selbstbewusst
- Adjective meaning self-confident or self-aware
- dunklen
- Inflected form of dunkel; dark
- Stunde
- Hour; a unit of time or a particular moment
- Dämmerung
- Twilight, dusk, or dawn; dim transitional light
- kamen
- Past tense of kommen; came or arrived
- interessanten
- Inflected adjective meaning interesting
- Ort
- Place, town, or location
- Da
- Adverb or conjunction meaning there, since, or as
- praktisch
- Adverb or adjective meaning practically or practical
- Grenze
- Border or boundary between regions or countries
- liegt
- Third person singular of liegen; lies or is located
- denn
- Conjunction meaning because or for; also a filler
- führt
- Third person singular of führen; leads or goes
- turbulente
- Adjective meaning turbulent or troubled
- Geschichte
- History or story
- gewiss
- Adverb or adjective meaning certainly or certain
- anzumerken
- To notice or to remark upon something
- fünfzig
- The number fifty
- ereignete
- Past tense of ereignen; occurred or took place
- Reihe
- Series, row, or sequence of things
- Brände
- Plural of Brand; fires or blazes
- verschiedenen
- Inflected adjective meaning various or different
- Gelegenheiten
- Plural of Gelegenheit; occasions or opportunities
- schreckliche
- Inflected adjective meaning terrible or dreadful
- Verwüstungen
- Plural of Verwüstung; devastations or destructions
- anrichteten
- Past tense of anrichten; caused or inflicted damage
- Beginn
- Beginning or start of something
- siebzehnten
- Ordinal adjective meaning seventeenth
- Jahrhunderts
- Genitive of Jahrhundert; of the century
- wurde
- Past tense passive auxiliary of werden; was or became
- Wochen
- Plural of Woche; weeks
- lang
- Adjective or adverb meaning long or for a duration
- belagert
- Past participle of belagern; besieged or blockaded
- verlor
- Past tense of verlieren; lost
- wobei
- Relative adverb meaning whereby or in which process
- eigentlichen
- Inflected adjective meaning actual or proper
- Kriegsopfern
- Dative plural of Kriegsopfer; war casualties or victims
- noch
- Adverb meaning still, yet, or in addition
- Hunger
- Hunger; the feeling or condition of lacking food
- Krankheit
- Illness or disease
- hinzukamen
- Past tense of hinzukommen; were added or came on top
- Graf
- Count or earl; a noble title
- angewiesen
- Past participle of anweisen; instructed or directed
- Goldene
- Inflected adjective meaning golden
- Krone
- Crown; also used in place names and currencies
- Freude
- Joy, pleasure, or delight
- durch
- Preposition meaning through or by means of
- altmodisch
- Adjective meaning old-fashioned or outdated
- vorfand
- Past tense of vorfinden; found or encountered upon arrival
- natürlich
- Adverb or adjective meaning naturally or of course
- wollte
- Past tense of wollen; wanted to
- möglich
- Adjective meaning possible or feasible
- Sitten
- Plural of Sitte; customs, manners, or traditions
- Landes
- Genitive of Land; of the country or land
- kennenlernen
- To get to know or become acquainted with
- erwartete
- Past tense of erwarten; expected or awaited
- offensichtlich
- Adverb or adjective meaning obviously or evidently
- Tür
- Door
- näherte
- Past tense of nähern; approached or drew near
- stand
- Past tense of stehen; stood or was standing
- fröhlich
- Adjective meaning cheerful, happy, or jolly
- aussehende
- Present participle of aussehen; looking or appearing
- ältere
- Inflected comparative of alt; older or elderly
- üblichen
- Inflected adjective meaning usual or customary
- Bauerntracht
- Traditional peasant costume or folk dress
- weißes
- Inflected adjective meaning white
- Untergewand
- Undergarment or undergown worn beneath outer clothing
- doppelten
- Inflected adjective meaning double or twofold
- Schürze
- Apron worn over clothing for protection
- vorne
- Adverb meaning at the front or in front
- hinten
- Adverb meaning at the back or behind
- buntem
- Dative inflected form of bunt; colorful or patterned
- Stoff
- Fabric, material, or cloth
- fast
- Adverb meaning almost or nearly
- eng
- Adjective meaning tight, narrow, or close-fitting
- Anstand
- Decency, propriety, or proper behavior
- saß
- Past tense of sitzen; sat or was sitting
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