Great Expectations — Page 2
Ours was the marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea.
Unsere Heimat war das Marschland, unten am Fluss, innerhalb von, so wie der Fluss sich schlängelte, zwanzig Meilen vom Meer.
My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening.
Mein erster, lebhaftester und umfassendster Eindruck von der Beschaffenheit der Dinge scheint mir an einem denkwürdigen, rauen Nachmittag gegen Abend gewonnen worden zu sein.
At such a time I found out for certain that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and also Georgiana wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias, and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with dikes and mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the wind was rushing was the sea; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry, was Pip.
Zu einer solchen Zeit fand ich mit Gewissheit heraus, dass dieser öde, mit Brennnesseln überwucherte Ort der Kirchhof war; und dass Philip Pirrip, weiland dieser Gemeinde, sowie Georgiana, Gattin des Vorgenannten, tot und begraben waren; und dass Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias und Roger, unmündige Kinder des Vorgenannten, ebenfalls tot und begraben waren; und dass die dunkle, flache Wildnis jenseits des Kirchhofs, durchzogen von Deichen und Hügeln und Toren, mit vereinzelt weidendem Vieh, die Marschen waren; und dass die niedrige, bleierne Linie dahinter der Fluss war; und dass die ferne, wilde Stätte, von der der Wind heranbrauste, das Meer war; und dass das kleine Bündel Zittern, das vor all dem Angst bekam und anfing zu weinen, Pip war.
A fearful man, all in coarse grey, with a great iron on his leg.
Ein furchterregender Mann, ganz in grobem Grau gekleidet, mit einem schweren Eisenring an seinem Bein.
A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied round his head.
Ein Mann ohne Hut, mit zerschlissenen Schuhen und einem alten Lappen um den Kopf gebunden.
Vocabulary
- Heimat
- Homeland, home region, place of origin
- Marschland
- Marshland, low-lying wet land near water
- unten
- Below, down, at the lower part
- Fluss
- River, a flowing body of water
- innerhalb
- Within, inside a defined area or limit
- schlängelte
- Wound, snaked, twisted in a winding path
- Meilen
- Miles, plural of 'Meile', unit of distance
- Meer
- Sea, ocean, large body of salt water
- lebhaftester
- Most vivid, liveliest, most intense impression
- umfassendster
- Most comprehensive, most all-encompassing
- Eindruck
- Impression, feeling or perception received
- Beschaffenheit
- Nature, quality, condition of something
- Dinge
- Things, objects, matters (plural of 'Ding')
- scheint
- Seems, appears (third-person singular of 'scheinen')
- denkwürdigen
- Memorable, noteworthy, worth remembering
- rauen
- Rough, harsh (adjective, inflected form)
- Nachmittag
- Afternoon, the period after midday
- gegen
- Toward, against, around (preposition)
- Abend
- Evening, the late part of the day
- gewonnen
- Gained, won (past participle of 'gewinnen')
- solchen
- Such (demonstrative adjective, inflected form)
- Zeit
- Time, period, hour of the day
- fand
- Found (past tense of 'finden', to find)
- Gewissheit
- Certainty, sureness, state of being certain
- öde
- Desolate, bleak, barren and empty
- Brennnesseln
- Stinging nettles, prickly weedy plants
- überwucherte
- Overgrown, covered by uncontrolled plant growth
- Ort
- Place, location, specific spot
- Kirchhof
- Churchyard, graveyard surrounding a church
- weiland
- Late, formerly, deceased (archaic honorific term)
- Gemeinde
- Parish, community, congregation of a church
- sowie
- As well as, and also (conjunction)
- Gattin
- Wife, spouse (formal word for female partner)
- Vorgenannten
- Aforementioned, previously named person
- tot
- Dead, no longer alive
- begraben
- Buried, interred (past participle of 'begraben')
- unmündige
- Minor, underage, not yet legally of age
- Kinder
- Children, plural of 'Kind'
- ebenfalls
- Also, likewise, as well
- dunkle
- Dark (adjective, inflected form)
- flache
- Flat, level (adjective, inflected form)
- Wildnis
- Wilderness, wild uninhabited natural area
- jenseits
- Beyond, on the other side of
- Kirchhofs
- Of the churchyard (genitive of 'Kirchhof')
- durchzogen
- Traversed, crossed through (past participle)
- Deichen
- Dikes, embankments built to hold back water
- Hügeln
- Hills, gentle elevations of land
- Toren
- Gates, large entranceways (plural of 'Tor')
- vereinzelt
- Scattered, isolated, appearing here and there
- weidendem
- Grazing (present participle of 'weiden', inflected)
- Vieh
- Livestock, cattle, farm animals
- Marschen
- Marshes, low coastal wetlands (plural)
- niedrige
- Low (adjective, inflected form)
- bleierne
- Leaden, heavy grey like lead
- Linie
- Line, a thin elongated mark or border
- dahinter
- Behind it, on the other side of it
- ferne
- Distant, far away (adjective, inflected)
- wilde
- Wild, untamed (adjective, inflected form)
- Stätte
- Site, place, location (slightly archaic term)
- Wind
- Wind, moving air (noun)
- heranbrauste
- Roared in, rushed closer (past tense)
- Bündel
- Bundle, a small wrapped or tied package
- Zittern
- Trembling, shaking with fear or cold
- Angst
- Fear, anxiety, dread, fright
- bekam
- Got, received (past tense of 'bekommen')
- anfing
- Began, started (past tense of 'anfangen')
- weinen
- To cry, to weep, to shed tears
- furchterregender
- Frightening, terrifying, causing fear (adjective)
- Mann
- Man, adult male person
- ganz
- Entirely, completely, wholly
- grobem
- Coarse, rough (adjective, dative inflected)
- Grau
- Grey, the color grey
- gekleidet
- Dressed, clothed (past participle of 'kleiden')
- schweren
- Heavy (adjective, dative inflected form)
- Eisenring
- Iron ring, a circular band made of iron
- Bein
- Leg, the lower limb of the body
- ohne
- Without (preposition indicating absence)
- Hut
- Hat, a head covering
- zerschlissenen
- Tattered, worn out, frayed from use
- Schuhen
- Shoes (dative plural of 'Schuh')
- Lappen
- Rags, scraps of cloth (plural of 'Lappen')
- Kopf
- Head, the top part of the body
- gebunden
- Tied, bound (past participle of 'binden')
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