Enquire within upon everything: The great Victorian-era domestic standby — Page 5
To some extent, though in a far less degree, assistance has been rendered by the authors of many useful and popular works, for which due acknowledgment must be made.
In gewissem Maße, wenn auch in weit geringerem Umfang, haben die Verfasser vieler nützlicher und weitverbreiteter Werke Unterstützung geleistet, wofür gebührende Anerkennung ausgesprochen werden muss.
PUBLISHER'S PREFACE TO THE SEVENTY-FIFTH EDITION.
VORWORT DES VERLEGERS ZUR FÜNFUNDSIEBZIGSTEN AUFLAGE.
Its prominent characteristics--varied usefulness and cheapness--have won for it universal esteem.
Seine herausragenden Eigenschaften – vielseitige Nützlichkeit und Erschwinglichkeit – haben ihm allgemeine Wertschätzung eingebracht.
Vocabulary
- gewissem
- In a certain or particular degree or sense
- Maße
- Measure or extent of something
- wenn
- Conjunction meaning 'if' or 'when'
- weit
- Far, wide, or to a great extent
- geringerem
- Of a lesser or smaller degree or amount
- Umfang
- Scope, extent, or circumference of something
- Verfasser
- Author or writer of a text or work
- nützlicher
- More useful or beneficial than something else
- weitverbreiteter
- Widely spread or broadly distributed
- Werke
- Works, writings, or artistic creations
- Unterstützung
- Support, assistance, or help given to someone
- geleistet
- Provided or rendered a service or contribution
- wofür
- For which; relative or interrogative pronoun
- gebührende
- Due, appropriate, or deserved recognition or credit
- Anerkennung
- Recognition, acknowledgment, or appreciation of merit
- ausgesprochen
- Expressed, stated, or pronounced explicitly
- VORWORT
- Foreword or preface of a book
- VERLEGERS
- Of the publisher; person who publishes books
- FÜNFUNDSIEBZIGSTEN
- Seventy-fifth; ordinal number
- AUFLAGE
- Edition or print run of a published work
- herausragenden
- Outstanding, exceptional, or remarkable qualities or features
- Eigenschaften
- Properties, qualities, or characteristics of something
- vielseitige
- Versatile or multifaceted in use or application
- Nützlichkeit
- Usefulness or utility of an object or concept
- Erschwinglichkeit
- Affordability or being within financial reach
- allgemeine
- General or widespread among many people
- Wertschätzung
- Appreciation, esteem, or high regard for something
- eingebracht
- Brought in, contributed, or earned something
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