Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 1

Vocabulary

Märchen

Fairy tales or folk stories, often fantastical

Von

Preposition meaning 'from' or 'by'

und

Conjunction meaning 'and'

ANMERKUNG

A note or remark, often editorial or explanatory

DES

Genitive article meaning 'of the' (masculine/neuter)

BEARBEITERS

Of the editor or person who adapted the text

Der

Definite article 'the' (masculine nominative)

Text

A written or printed piece of writing

basiert

Is based on something, third-person singular present

auf

Preposition meaning 'on' or 'upon'

Übersetzungen

Translations of texts from one language to another

aus

Preposition meaning 'from' or 'out of'

den

Definite article 'the' in dative or accusative plural

Kinder-

Children's, prefix relating to children (compound noun)

Hausmärchen

Household fairy tales, domestic folk stories for families

der

Definite article 'the' (genitive feminine or plural)

Brüder

Brothers, plural of Bruder

von

Preposition meaning 'by' or 'from'

INHALT

Table of contents or the content of a book

DER

Definite article 'the' (masculine nominative, uppercase)

GOLDENE

Golden, adjective describing something made of or like gold

VOGEL

Bird, a feathered winged animal

IM

Contraction of 'in dem', meaning 'in the'

GLÜCK

Luck or happiness, good fortune

UND

Conjunction meaning 'and' (uppercase title form)

DIE

Definite article 'the' (feminine or plural nominative)

BREMER

Relating to Bremen, a city in northern Germany

STADTMUSIKANTEN

Town musicians, the animal band from Bremen fairy tale

ALTE

Old, adjective meaning aged or elderly

SULTAN

Sultan, a title or a dog's name in a Grimm tale

STROHHALM

A straw, thin hollow tube or piece of straw

KOHLE

Coal, a black fossil fuel or piece of charcoal

BOHNE

A bean, a common legume vegetable or seed

DORNRÖSCHEN

Sleeping Beauty, literally 'little thorn rose'

HUND

Dog, a common domestic animal

SPERLING

A sparrow, a small common bird species

ZWÖLF

Twelve, the number 12

TANZENDEN

Dancing, present participle of tanzen used as adjective

PRINZESSINNEN

Princesses, plural of Prinzessin, royal daughters

VON

Preposition meaning 'from' or 'of' (uppercase)

DEM

Dative form of the definite article 'the'

FISCHER

Fisherman, a person who catches fish

SEINER

His, possessive pronoun in genitive or dative form

FRAU

Woman or wife, also a formal title Mrs.

ZAUNKÖNIG

Wren, a small bird; literally 'fence king'

BÄR

Bear, a large wild mammal

FROSCHKÖNIG

The Frog King, a famous Grimm fairy tale character

KATZ

Cat, informal shortened form of Katze

MAUS

Mouse, a small rodent often appearing in fairy tales

IN

Preposition meaning 'in' or 'inside'

GESELLSCHAFT

Society or company, being together with others

GÄNSEMAGD

The Goose Girl, a fairy tale title character

ABENTEUER

Adventure, an exciting or unusual experience or journey

HAHN

Rooster, a male chicken or cock

HENNE

Hen, a female chicken or laying bird

WIE

How or as, an interrogative or comparative conjunction

SIE

They, she, or formal you (pronoun)

BERGE

Mountains, plural of Berg, large natural elevations

GINGEN

Went, past tense plural of gehen (to go)

UM

Around or in order to, a preposition or conjunction

NÜSSE

Nuts, plural of Nuss, edible hard-shelled seeds

ZU

To, preposition indicating direction or infinitive marker

ESSEN

To eat or food, a basic human activity

HERRN

Mr. or gentleman, dative/accusative form of Herr

BESUCHTEN

Visited, past tense plural of besuchen (to visit)

DAS

Definite article 'the' (neuter nominative/accusative)

TAPFERE

Brave or courageous, adjective describing boldness

SCHNEIDERLEIN

Little tailor, diminutive of Schneider (tailor)

MÄUSCHEN

Little mouse, diminutive of Maus

VÖGELCHEN

Little bird, diminutive of Vogel

BRATWURST

A grilled or fried German sausage, popular food item

ROTKÄPPCHEN

Little Red Riding Hood, literally 'little red cap'

RÄUBERBRÄUTIGAM

The Robber Bridegroom, a Grimm tale title

WANDERSCHAFT

Wandering or journeying, the act of traveling as apprentice

KLUGE

Clever or wise, adjective describing intelligence

GROSSVATER

Grandfather, the father of one's parent

ENKEL

Grandchild or grandson, a child of one's child

LIEBSTE

Dearest or sweetheart, superlative of lieb (dear)

SCHNEEWITTCHEN

Snow White, literally 'little snow white'

NELKE

Carnation, a type of flowering plant or clove spice

ELSE

A female given name; also means 'otherwise' in German

GEIZIGE

Stingy or miserly, adjective describing greediness with money

BUSCH

Bush or shrub, a woody plant smaller than a tree

ASCHENPUTTEL

Cinderella, literally 'ash fool' or ash-sitter

WEISSE

White, adjective describing the color white (inflected)

SCHLANGE

Snake, a legless reptile; also means a queue or line

WOLF

Wolf, a wild carnivorous canine animal

SIEBEN

Seven, the number 7

GEISSLEIN

Little goats, diminutive plural of Geiß (female goat)

BIENENKÖNIGIN

Queen bee, the reproductive female of a bee colony

WICHTELMÄNNER

Elves or gnomes, small supernatural helpful creatures

SCHUSTER

Cobbler or shoemaker, a craftsman who makes shoes