Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 2
THE TURNIP
DIE RÜBE
CLEVER HANS
DER KLUGE HANS
THE THREE LANGUAGES
DIE DREI SPRACHEN
THE FOX AND THE CAT
DER FUCHS UND DIE KATZE
THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS
DIE VIER KLUGEN BRÜDER
LILY AND THE LION
LILIE UND DER LÖWE
THE FOX AND THE HORSE
DER FUCHS UND DAS PFERD
THE BLUE LIGHT
DAS BLAUE LICHT
THE RAVEN
DER RABE
THE GOLDEN GOOSE
DIE GOLDENE GANS
THE WATER OF LIFE
DAS WASSER DES LEBENS
THE TWELVE HUNTSMEN
DIE ZWÖLF JÄGER
THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN
DER KÖNIG VOM GOLDENEN BERG
DOCTOR KNOWALL
DOKTOR ALLWISSEND
THE SEVEN RAVENS
DIE SIEBEN RABEN
THE WEDDING OF MRS FOX
DIE HOCHZEIT DER FRAU FÜCHSIN
FIRST STORY
ERSTE GESCHICHTE
SECOND STORY
ZWEITE GESCHICHTE
THE SALAD
DER SALAT
THE STORY OF THE YOUTH WHO WENT FORTH TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS
DIE GESCHICHTE VON DEM JÜNGLING, DER AUSZOG DAS FÜRCHTEN ZU LERNEN
KING GRISLY-BEARD
KÖNIG DROSSELBART
IRON HANS
DER EISENHANS
CAT-SKIN
ALLERLEIRAUH
SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED
SCHNEEWEISSCHEN UND ROSENROT
THE BROTHERS GRIMM FAIRY TALES
DIE MÄRCHEN DER BRÜDER GRIMM
THE GOLDEN BIRD
DER GOLDENE VOGEL
A certain king had a beautiful garden, and in the garden stood a tree which bore golden apples.
Ein gewisser König hatte einen wunderschönen Garten, und in dem Garten stand ein Baum, der goldene Äpfel trug.
These apples were always counted, and about the time when they began to grow ripe it was found that every night one of them was gone.
Diese Äpfel wurden stets gezählt, und als sie anfingen zu reifen, stellte sich heraus, dass jede Nacht einer von ihnen verschwand.
The king became very angry at this, and ordered the gardener to keep watch all night under the tree.
Der König wurde darüber sehr zornig und befahl dem Gärtner, die ganze Nacht unter dem Baum Wache zu halten.
The gardener set his eldest son to watch; but about twelve o'clock he fell asleep, and in the morning another of the apples was missing.
Der Gärtner stellte seinen ältesten Sohn als Wächter auf; aber gegen zwölf Uhr schlief er ein, und am Morgen fehlte wieder einer der Äpfel.
Then the second son was ordered to watch; and at midnight he too fell asleep, and in the morning another apple was gone.
Dann wurde der zweite Sohn beauftragt, Wache zu halten; und um Mitternacht schlief auch er ein, und am Morgen war wieder ein Apfel verschwunden.
Then the third son offered to keep watch; but the gardener at first would not let him, for fear some harm should come to him: however, at last he consented, and the young man laid himself under the tree to watch.
Da erbot sich der dritte Sohn, Wache zu halten; aber der Gärtner wollte es ihm zunächst nicht erlauben, aus Angst, dass ihm ein Unglück zustoßen könnte: schließlich jedoch willigte er ein, und der junge Mann legte sich unter den Baum, um Wache zu halten.
Vocabulary
- RÜBE
- A root vegetable, such as a turnip
- KLUGE
- Clever or intelligent person or thing
- DREI
- The number three
- SPRACHEN
- Languages; plural of Sprache
- FUCHS
- A fox; a cunning wild animal
- KATZE
- A domestic cat
- VIER
- The number four
- KLUGEN
- Inflected form of 'klug'; clever or wise
- BRÜDER
- Brothers; plural of Bruder
- LILIE
- A lily; a flowering plant
- LÖWE
- A lion; large wild cat
- PFERD
- A horse; a large domesticated animal
- BLAUE
- Inflected form of 'blau'; blue in color
- LICHT
- Light; illumination or a source of light
- RABE
- A raven; a large black bird
- GOLDENE
- Inflected form of 'golden'; made of or like gold
- GANS
- A goose; a large waterfowl
- WASSER
- Water; the clear liquid essential for life
- LEBENS
- Genitive form of Leben; of life
- ZWÖLF
- The number twelve
- JÄGER
- A hunter; one who hunts animals
- KÖNIG
- A king; a male monarch or ruler
- VOM
- Contraction of 'von dem'; from the
- GOLDENEN
- Inflected genitive/dative form of 'golden'
- BERG
- A mountain or large hill
- DOKTOR
- A doctor; a medical or academic title
- ALLWISSEND
- All-knowing or omniscient
- SIEBEN
- The number seven
- RABEN
- Ravens; plural/genitive of Rabe
- HOCHZEIT
- A wedding; the ceremony of marriage
- FRAU
- A woman or wife; also formal address 'Mrs.'
- FÜCHSIN
- A female fox
- ERSTE
- First; the ordinal number one
- GESCHICHTE
- A story or history; narrative account
- ZWEITE
- Second; the ordinal number two
- SALAT
- Salad; a dish of mixed vegetables or greens
- VON
- Preposition meaning 'from' or 'of'
- JÜNGLING
- A young man or youth
- AUSZOG
- Past tense of ausziehen; set out or departed
- FÜRCHTEN
- To fear; to be afraid of something
- LERNEN
- To learn; to acquire knowledge or skill
- MÄRCHEN
- A fairy tale; a traditional folk story
- VOGEL
- A bird; any winged feathered animal
- gewisser
- A certain; referring to a particular unspecified person
- König
- A king; a male ruler of a kingdom
- hatte
- Past tense of haben; had
- wunderschönen
- Inflected form of wunderschön; wonderfully beautiful
- Garten
- A garden; a cultivated outdoor growing space
- stand
- Past tense of stehen; stood or was located
- Baum
- A tree; a large woody perennial plant
- goldene
- Golden; made of or resembling gold
- Äpfel
- Apples; plural of Apfel
- trug
- Past tense of tragen; bore or carried
- Diese
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'these' or 'those'
- wurden
- Past passive auxiliary; were (used to form passive)
- stets
- Always; at all times, continually
- gezählt
- Past participle of zählen; counted
- als
- Conjunction meaning 'when' or 'as' (past events)
- anfingen
- Past tense of anfangen (plural); began or started
- reifen
- To ripen; to become mature or ready
- stellte
- Past tense of stellen; placed or put
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun: oneself, himself, herself, themselves
- heraus
- Out or forth; used in separable verbs meaning outward
- dass
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'that'
- jede
- Every or each (feminine singular)
- Nacht
- Night; the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
- einer
- Indefinite pronoun: one (of them)
- von
- Preposition meaning 'from,' 'of,' or 'by'
- ihnen
- Dative personal pronoun: 'them' or formal 'you'
- verschwand
- Past tense of verschwinden; disappeared
- wurde
- Past tense of werden; became or was
- darüber
- About it or over it; regarding that matter
- sehr
- Very; to a great degree or extent
- zornig
- Angry; full of rage or wrath
- befahl
- Past tense of befehlen; commanded or ordered
- Gärtner
- A gardener; one who tends a garden
- ganze
- Inflected form of ganz; whole or entire
- unter
- Preposition meaning 'under' or 'among'
- Wache
- A guard or watch; protective surveillance
- halten
- To hold or keep; to maintain something
- seinen
- Possessive pronoun accusative (masculine): 'his'
- ältesten
- Superlative of alt (oldest); the eldest
- Sohn
- A son; a male offspring
- Wächter
- A guard or watchman; one who keeps watch
- auf
- Preposition meaning 'on,' 'upon,' or 'open'
- aber
- Conjunction meaning 'but' or 'however'
- gegen
- Preposition meaning 'against' or 'around' (time)
- zwölf
- The number twelve
- Uhr
- Clock or o'clock; used to express time
- schlief
- Past tense of schlafen; slept or fell asleep
- Morgen
- Morning; the early part of the day
- fehlte
- Past tense of fehlen; was missing or lacking
- wieder
- Again; once more, repeatedly
- Dann
- Then; at that time or afterward
- zweite
- Second; the ordinal number two
- beauftragt
- Past participle of beauftragen; assigned or commissioned
- um
- Preposition meaning 'around,' 'at' (time), or 'in order to'
- Mitternacht
- Midnight; twelve o'clock at night
- auch
- Also or too; in addition
- war
- Past tense of sein; was
- Apfel
- An apple; a common round fruit
- verschwunden
- Past participle of verschwinden; disappeared or vanished
- Da
- There; at that point, then (in narrative)
- erbot
- Past tense of erbieten; offered or volunteered oneself
- dritte
- Third; the ordinal number three
- wollte
- Past tense of wollen; wanted or wished
- ihm
- Dative personal pronoun: 'him' or 'it'
- zunächst
- At first; initially or to begin with
- erlauben
- To allow or permit something
- aus
- Preposition meaning 'out of,' 'from,' or 'made of'
- Angst
- Fear or anxiety; a feeling of dread
- Unglück
- Misfortune or bad luck; an unfortunate event
- zustoßen
- To happen (badly); to befall or occur to someone
- könnte
- Subjunctive of können; could or might
- schließlich
- Finally or eventually; in the end
- jedoch
- However or nevertheless; a contrastive conjunction
- willigte
- Past tense of einwilligen; agreed or consented
- junge
- Young; adjective describing youth
- Mann
- A man; an adult male person
- legte
- Past tense of legen; laid down or placed
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