Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 7
The next morning the court sat to judge him; and when all was heard, it sentenced him to die, unless he should bring the king the golden horse which could run as swiftly as the wind; and if he did this, he was to have the golden bird given him for his own.
Am nächsten Morgen versammelte sich das Gericht, um ihn zu richten; und als alles gehört worden war, verurteilte es ihn zum Tode, es sei denn, er brächte dem König das goldene Pferd, das so schnell wie der Wind laufen konnte; und wenn er dies täte, sollte ihm der goldene Vogel als sein Eigentum gegeben werden.
So he set out once more on his journey, sighing, and in great despair, when on a sudden his friend the fox met him, and said, 'You see now what has happened on account of your not listening to my counsel.
So machte er sich seufzend und in großer Verzweiflung erneut auf den Weg, als ihn plötzlich sein Freund, der Fuchs, traf und sagte: „Ihr seht nun, was geschehen ist, weil Ihr meinen Rat nicht befolgt habt.
I will still, however, tell you how to find the golden horse, if you will do as I bid you.
Ich will Euch jedoch dennoch sagen, wie Ihr das goldene Pferd finden könnt, wenn Ihr tut, was ich Euch sage.
You must go straight on till you come to the castle where the horse stands in his stall: by his side will lie the groom fast asleep and snoring: take away the horse quietly, but be sure to put the old leathern saddle upon him, and not the golden one that is close by it.'
Ihr müsst geradeaus gehen, bis Ihr zu dem Schloss kommt, wo das Pferd in seinem Stall steht: an seiner Seite wird der Stallknecht tief schlafend und schnarchend liegen: führt das Pferd leise fort, aber legt ihm unbedingt den alten ledernen Sattel auf und nicht den goldenen, der dicht daneben liegt.'
Then the son sat down on the fox's tail, and away they went over stock and stone till their hair whistled in the wind.
Da setzte sich der Sohn auf den Schwanz des Fuchses, und fort gingen sie über Stock und Stein, bis ihnen das Haar im Wind pfiff.
All went right, and the groom lay snoring with his hand upon the golden saddle.
Alles ging gut, und der Stallknecht lag schnarchend mit der Hand auf dem goldenen Sattel.
But when the son looked at the horse, he thought it a great pity to put the leathern saddle upon it.
Aber als der Sohn das Pferd betrachtete, schien es ihm sehr schade, ihm den ledernen Sattel aufzulegen.
Vocabulary
- nächsten
- Next, nearest (inflected form of 'nächste')
- Morgen
- Morning; also: tomorrow
- versammelte
- Gathered, assembled (past tense of 'versammeln')
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun: himself, herself, itself, themselves
- Gericht
- Court of law; also a meal or dish
- um
- In order to; around; at (time)
- ihn
- Him (accusative form of 'er')
- richten
- To judge, to try someone in court
- als
- When, as, than (conjunction or comparative)
- alles
- Everything, all (indefinite pronoun)
- gehört
- Heard (past participle of 'hören')
- worden
- Become; auxiliary for passive past perfect
- war
- Was (simple past of 'sein')
- verurteilte
- Condemned, sentenced (past tense of 'verurteilen')
- Tode
- Death (dative form of 'Tod')
- sei
- Be (subjunctive form of 'sein'); unless
- denn
- Unless, because, for (conjunction)
- brächte
- Would bring (subjunctive II of 'bringen')
- König
- King (male monarch or ruler)
- goldene
- Golden (inflected adjective from 'golden')
- Pferd
- Horse (common domesticated animal)
- schnell
- Fast, quick, rapidly
- wie
- As, like, how (conjunction or adverb)
- Wind
- Wind (moving air, natural phenomenon)
- laufen
- To run, to walk, to move
- konnte
- Could (simple past of 'können')
- wenn
- If, when, whenever (conditional conjunction)
- dies
- This, this thing (demonstrative pronoun)
- täte
- Would do (subjunctive II of 'tun')
- sollte
- Should, was supposed to (past of 'sollen')
- ihm
- Him, to him (dative of 'er')
- Vogel
- Bird (feathered flying animal)
- sein
- His (possessive pronoun); to be (infinitive)
- Eigentum
- Property, possession, ownership
- gegeben
- Given (past participle of 'geben')
- werden
- To become; future/passive auxiliary verb
- machte
- Made, did (simple past of 'machen')
- seufzend
- Sighing (present participle of 'seufzen')
- großer
- Great, large (inflected adjective from 'groß')
- Verzweiflung
- Despair, desperation, hopelessness
- erneut
- Again, anew, once more (adverb)
- auf
- On, onto, upon; open (preposition/prefix)
- Weg
- Way, path, road, route
- plötzlich
- Suddenly, all of a sudden (adverb)
- Freund
- Friend, companion, male acquaintance
- Fuchs
- Fox (cunning wild animal of the canine family)
- traf
- Met, encountered (simple past of 'treffen')
- sagte
- Said, told (simple past of 'sagen')
- Ihr
- You (formal/archaic plural pronoun)
- seht
- See (second person plural of 'sehen')
- nun
- Now, well then (temporal adverb)
- was
- What (interrogative or relative pronoun)
- geschehen
- Happened, occurred (past participle of 'geschehen')
- weil
- Because (subordinating causal conjunction)
- meinen
- My (accusative plural possessive); to mean
- Rat
- Advice, counsel; also a council or advisor
- befolgt
- Followed, complied with (past participle of 'befolgen')
- habt
- Have (second-person plural present of 'haben')
- will
- Want to, will (first-person singular of 'wollen')
- Euch
- You, to you (dative/accusative of 'ihr')
- jedoch
- However, nevertheless, yet (adverb)
- dennoch
- Nevertheless, still, nonetheless (adverb)
- sagen
- To say, to tell, to speak
- finden
- To find, to discover, to locate
- könnt
- Can (second-person plural of 'können')
- tut
- Does, do (third-person singular of 'tun')
- sage
- Say (first-person singular present of 'sagen')
- müsst
- Must (second-person plural of 'müssen')
- geradeaus
- Straight ahead (directional adverb)
- gehen
- To go, to walk
- bis
- Until, up to, as far as (preposition)
- Schloss
- Castle, palace; also a lock
- kommt
- Comes, arrive (third-person singular of 'kommen')
- wo
- Where (relative or interrogative adverb)
- seinem
- His (dative masculine/neuter possessive pronoun)
- Stall
- Stable, barn (shelter for animals)
- steht
- Stands, is standing (third-person singular of 'stehen')
- an
- At, on, to (preposition of location or direction)
- seiner
- His (genitive/dative possessive pronoun)
- Seite
- Side, page, flank
- wird
- Will, becomes (third-person singular of 'werden')
- Stallknecht
- Stable hand, groom who tends to horses
- tief
- Deep, deeply, profoundly (adjective/adverb)
- schlafend
- Sleeping (present participle of 'schlafen')
- schnarchend
- Snoring (present participle of 'schnarchen')
- liegen
- To lie, to be situated (position verb)
- führt
- Leads, takes away (third-person singular of 'führen')
- leise
- Quietly, softly, gently (adverb/adjective)
- fort
- Away, forth, gone (separable prefix or adverb)
- aber
- But, however (coordinating conjunction)
- legt
- Puts, places (third-person singular of 'legen')
- unbedingt
- Absolutely, by all means, unconditionally
- alten
- Old (inflected adjective from 'alt')
- ledernen
- Leather (inflected adjective from 'ledern')
- Sattel
- Saddle (seat placed on a horse's back)
- goldenen
- Golden (inflected accusative adjective)
- dicht
- Close, near, dense, tight (adverb/adjective)
- daneben
- Next to it, beside it (adverb of place)
- liegt
- Lies, is located (third-person singular of 'liegen')
- Da
- There, then, at that point (adverb)
- setzte
- Set, placed, sat down (past of 'setzen')
- Sohn
- Son (male child of a parent)
- Schwanz
- Tail (rear appendage of an animal)
- Fuchses
- Of the fox (genitive form of 'Fuchs')
- gingen
- Went, walked (simple past plural of 'gehen')
- über
- Over, across, about (preposition/prefix)
- Stock
- Stick, staff; also a floor or story of a building
- Stein
- Stone, rock (hard natural material)
- ihnen
- Them, to them (dative of 'sie')
- Haar
- Hair (strand or mass of hair on head/body)
- pfiff
- Whistled (simple past of 'pfeifen')
- Alles
- Everything, all (indefinite pronoun)
- ging
- Went (simple past singular of 'gehen')
- gut
- Good, well (adjective/adverb)
- lag
- Lay, was lying (simple past of 'liegen')
- mit
- With, along with (preposition)
- Hand
- Hand (body part used for grasping)
- Aber
- But, however (coordinating conjunction)
- betrachtete
- Observed, looked at (past tense of 'betrachten')
- schien
- Seemed, appeared (simple past of 'scheinen')
- sehr
- Very, very much (intensifying adverb)
- schade
- A pity, a shame, unfortunate
- aufzulegen
- To put on, to place upon (infinitive of 'auflegen')
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