Enquire within upon everything: The great Victorian-era domestic standby — Page 7
The Indexes have been prepared with great labour, and alone occupy about 500 pages.
Die Register wurden mit großer Mühe erstellt und nehmen allein etwa 500 Seiten ein.
A vast Fund of valuable Information, embracing every Subject of Interest or Utility, is thus attainable, and at a merely nominal Cost.
Ein umfangreicher Schatz wertvoller Informationen, der jeden Gegenstand von Interesse oder Nützlichkeit umfasst, ist damit erreichbar, und zwar zu einem lediglich nominellen Preis.
These Works are in such general demand, that the Sale has already reached considerably upwards of ONE-AND-A-HALF MILLION VOLUMES.
Diese Werke sind so allgemein gefragt, dass der Verkauf bereits weit über EINEINHALB MILLIONEN BÄNDE hinausreicht.
The attention of all parties interested in the dissemination of sound Theoretical Instruction and Practical Knowledge is particularly directed to the Twenty-seven Volumes in this Series of Popular and Valuable Books.
Die Aufmerksamkeit aller Parteien, die an der Verbreitung fundierter theoretischer Unterweisung und praktischen Wissens interessiert sind, wird besonders auf die siebenundzwanzig Bände dieser Reihe populärer und wertvoller Bücher gelenkt.
1-3. "DAILY WANTS, THE DICTIONARY OF," containing nearly 1,200 pages of Information upon all matters of Practical and Domestic Utility. Above 118,000 copies have been sold.
1-3. „TÄGLICHE BEDÜRFNISSE, DAS WÖRTERBUCH DER," mit fast 1.200 Seiten Informationen zu allen Angelegenheiten praktischen und häuslichen Nutzens. Über 118.000 Exemplare wurden verkauft.
4-7. "USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, THE DICTIONARY OF," a Book of Reference upon History, Geography, Science, Statistics, &c. A Companion Work to the "Dictionary of Daily Wants."
4-7. „NÜTZLICHES WISSEN, DAS WÖRTERBUCH DES," ein Nachschlagewerk über Geschichte, Geografie, Wissenschaft, Statistik usw. Ein Begleitwerk zum „Wörterbuch der täglichen Bedürfnisse".
8 & 9. "MEDICAL AND SURGICAL KNOWLEDGE, THE DICTIONARY OF," a Complete Practical Guide on Health and Disease, for Families, Emigrants, and Colonists.
8 & 9. „MEDIZINISCHES UND CHIRURGISCHES WISSEN, DAS WÖRTERBUCH DES," ein vollständiger praktischer Leitfaden zu Gesundheit und Krankheit für Familien, Auswanderer und Kolonisten.
10. "ENQUIRE WITHIN UPON EVERYTHING."
10. „FRAG NACH BEI ALLEM."
11. "THE REASON WHY, CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS," giving the Origin, History, and Tenets of the Christian Sects, with the Reasons assigned _by themselves_ for their Specialities of Faith and forms of Worship.
11. „DER GRUND WARUM, CHRISTLICHE KONFESSIONEN," mit Darlegung des Ursprungs, der Geschichte und der Glaubenssätze der christlichen Sekten sowie der von ihnen _selbst_ angeführten Gründe für ihre Besonderheiten des Glaubens und der Gottesdienstformen.
12. "THE REASON WHY, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY," containing upwards of 1,200 Reasons, explanatory of the Physical Phenomena of Earth and Sea, their Geological History, and the Geographical distribution of Plants, Animals, and the Human Race.
12. „DER GRUND WARUM, PHYSISCHE GEOGRAFIE UND GEOLOGIE," mit mehr als 1.200 Erklärungen der physischen Phänomene von Erde und Meer, ihrer geologischen Geschichte und der geografischen Verbreitung von Pflanzen, Tieren und der Menschheit.
Vocabulary
- Register
- Indexes or registers in a book
- wurden
- Were (past passive auxiliary verb)
- mit
- With (preposition indicating accompaniment)
- großer
- Great, large (adjective, inflected form)
- Mühe
- Effort, trouble, pains taken with something
- erstellt
- Created, compiled, produced (past participle)
- nehmen
- To take, occupy (basic verb of taking)
- allein
- Alone, solely, by themselves only
- etwa
- Approximately, about (adverb of approximation)
- Seiten
- Pages or sides (plural noun)
- ein
- Occupies/takes up; also indefinite article 'a'
- umfangreicher
- Extensive, comprehensive, voluminous (adjective)
- Schatz
- Treasure, wealth of something valuable
- wertvoller
- Valuable, precious (adjective, inflected form)
- Informationen
- Information, data (plural noun)
- jeden
- Every, each (accusative masculine form)
- Gegenstand
- Subject, object, topic of discussion
- Interesse
- Interest, relevance to a reader or learner
- Nützlichkeit
- Usefulness, utility, practical value
- umfasst
- Encompasses, includes, covers (third person singular)
- damit
- With it, thereby, so that (conjunction/adverb)
- erreichbar
- Attainable, reachable, accessible (adjective)
- zwar
- Indeed, admittedly, it is true that
- lediglich
- Merely, only, just (adverb of limitation)
- nominellen
- Nominal, in name only, token (adjective)
- Preis
- Price, cost of purchasing something
- Werke
- Works, publications, literary or scholarly volumes
- allgemein
- Generally, universally, widely (adverb/adjective)
- gefragt
- In demand, sought after (past participle)
- dass
- That (subordinating conjunction introducing clause)
- Verkauf
- Sale, selling of goods or publications
- bereits
- Already, by now (adverb of time)
- weit
- Far, widely, well beyond a point
- über
- Over, above, beyond, about (preposition)
- EINEINHALB
- One and a half (numeral compound)
- MILLIONEN
- Millions (plural of Million, large number)
- BÄNDE
- Volumes, bound books in a series
- hinausreicht
- Extends beyond, reaches past a limit
- Aufmerksamkeit
- Attention, notice directed toward something
- aller
- Of all (genitive plural of all)
- Parteien
- Parties, groups, interested stakeholders
- Verbreitung
- Dissemination, spread, distribution of knowledge
- fundierter
- Well-founded, solid, thoroughly grounded (adjective)
- theoretischer
- Theoretical, relating to theory (adjective)
- Unterweisung
- Instruction, teaching, guidance in a subject
- praktischen
- Practical, applied, hands-on (adjective inflected)
- Wissens
- Of knowledge (genitive of Wissen)
- interessiert
- Interested, having interest in something
- besonders
- Especially, particularly, in a special way
- siebenundzwanzig
- Twenty-seven (cardinal number compound)
- Bände
- Volumes, bound books in a series
- Reihe
- Series, row, sequence of publications
- populärer
- Popular, widely liked (adjective inflected)
- Bücher
- Books (plural of Buch)
- gelenkt
- Directed, guided, steered (past participle)
- TÄGLICHE
- Daily, everyday (adjective, nominative form)
- BEDÜRFNISSE
- Needs, necessities, daily requirements
- WÖRTERBUCH
- Dictionary, word reference book
- fast
- Almost, nearly (adverb of approximation)
- allen
- All, every (dative plural of all)
- Angelegenheiten
- Matters, affairs, concerns (plural noun)
- häuslichen
- Domestic, household-related (adjective inflected)
- Nutzens
- Of utility, of practical use (genitive)
- Exemplare
- Copies, specimens of a publication
- verkauft
- Sold (past participle of verkaufen)
- NÜTZLICHES
- Useful, practical (adjective, neuter nominative)
- WISSEN
- Knowledge, knowing (noun or infinitive)
- Nachschlagewerk
- Reference work, encyclopedia-style lookup book
- Geschichte
- History, story (academic or narrative subject)
- Geografie
- Geography, study of earth's regions
- Wissenschaft
- Science, scholarship, academic discipline
- Statistik
- Statistics, numerical data and analysis
- usw
- Etc., and so on (abbreviation of und so weiter)
- Begleitwerk
- Companion volume, supplementary reference work
- Wörterbuch
- Dictionary, reference book for words
- täglichen
- Daily, everyday (adjective, dative inflected)
- Bedürfnisse
- Needs, necessities, requirements (plural)
- MEDIZINISCHES
- Medical, relating to medicine (adjective)
- CHIRURGISCHES
- Surgical, relating to surgery (adjective)
- vollständiger
- Complete, comprehensive, thorough (adjective)
- praktischer
- Practical, applied, hands-on (adjective inflected)
- Leitfaden
- Guide, manual, handbook for practical use
- Gesundheit
- Health, physical wellbeing (noun)
- Krankheit
- Illness, disease, sickness (noun)
- Familien
- Families (plural of Familie)
- Auswanderer
- Emigrants, people leaving their home country
- Kolonisten
- Colonists, settlers in a new territory
- FRAG
- Ask! (imperative of fragen, to ask)
- ALLEM
- Everything, all things (dative of alles)
- GRUND
- Reason, ground, basis for something
- WARUM
- Why (interrogative adverb asking for reason)
- CHRISTLICHE
- Christian (adjective relating to Christianity)
- KONFESSIONEN
- Denominations, religious confessions or sects
- Darlegung
- Exposition, explanation, presentation of facts
- Ursprungs
- Of the origin, source (genitive of Ursprung)
- Glaubenssätze
- Articles of faith, doctrinal tenets (plural)
- christlichen
- Christian (adjective, genitive/dative inflected)
- Sekten
- Sects, splinter religious groups (plural)
- sowie
- As well as, and also (coordinating conjunction)
- ihnen
- Them, to them (dative personal pronoun)
- _selbst_
- Themselves, by themselves (emphatic pronoun)
- angeführten
- Cited, stated, listed (past participle, inflected)
- Gründe
- Reasons, grounds, justifications (plural)
- Besonderheiten
- Peculiarities, distinctive features, special characteristics
- Glaubens
- Of faith, of belief (genitive of Glaube)
- Gottesdienstformen
- Forms of worship, liturgical practices (plural)
- PHYSISCHE
- Physical, relating to physical nature (adjective)
- GEOGRAFIE
- Geography, study of earth and its features
- GEOLOGIE
- Geology, study of earth's structure and rocks
- mehr
- More (comparative adverb/adjective)
- Erklärungen
- Explanations, descriptions of phenomena (plural)
- physischen
- Physical, natural (adjective, genitive inflected)
- Phänomene
- Phenomena, observable natural occurrences (plural)
- Erde
- Earth, ground, soil (noun)
- Meer
- Sea, ocean (noun)
- geologischen
- Geological (adjective, dative/genitive inflected)
- geografischen
- Geographical (adjective, dative/genitive inflected)
- Pflanzen
- Plants, flora (plural of Pflanze)
- Tieren
- Animals, creatures (dative plural of Tier)
- Menschheit
- Humanity, mankind, the human race
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