Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 11

English → De Full Text Level 4/10

' But the young man refused to do it: so the fox said, 'I will at any rate give you good counsel: beware of two things; ransom no one from the gallows, and sit down by the side of no river.'

Aber der junge Mann weigerte sich, es zu tun: da sagte der Fuchs: 'Ich will dir wenigstens einen guten Rat geben: hüte dich vor zwei Dingen; löse niemanden vom Galgen los, und setze dich an das Ufer keines Flusses.'

Then away he went.

Dann ging er fort.

'Well,' thought the young man, 'it is no hard matter to keep that advice.'

'Nun', dachte der junge Mann, 'es ist keine schwere Sache, diesen Rat zu befolgen.'

He rode on with the princess, till at last he came to the village where he had left his two brothers.

Er ritt mit der Prinzessin weiter, bis er schließlich in das Dorf kam, wo er seine zwei Brüder zurückgelassen hatte.

And there he heard a great noise and uproar; and when he asked what was the matter, the people said, 'Two men are going to be hanged.'

Und dort hörte er einen großen Lärm und Aufruhr; und als er fragte, was los sei, sagten die Leute: 'Zwei Männer sollen gehängt werden.'

As he came nearer, he saw that the two men were his brothers, who had turned robbers; so he said, 'Cannot they in any way be saved?'

Als er näher kam, sah er, dass die zwei Männer seine Brüder waren, die zu Räubern geworden waren; da sagte er: 'Können sie auf keine Weise gerettet werden?'

But the people said 'No,' unless he would bestow all his money upon the rascals and buy their liberty.

Aber die Leute sagten 'Nein', es sei denn, er würde sein ganzes Geld für die Schurken hergeben und ihre Freiheit erkaufen.

Then he did not stay to think about the matter, but paid what was asked, and his brothers were given up, and went on with him towards their home.

Da zögerte er nicht, um darüber nachzudenken, sondern zahlte, was verlangt wurde, und seine Brüder wurden freigelassen und zogen mit ihm weiter in Richtung ihrer Heimat.

And as they came to the wood where the fox first met them, it was so cool and pleasant that the two brothers said, 'Let us sit down by the side of the river, and rest a while, to eat and drink.

Und als sie in den Wald kamen, wo der Fuchs sie zuerst getroffen hatte, war es so kühl und angenehm, dass die zwei Brüder sagten: 'Lasst uns an das Ufer des Flusses setzen und eine Weile ausruhen, um zu essen und zu trinken.

Vocabulary

Aber: Conjunction meaning 'but' or 'however'.
der: Definite article 'the' (masculine/genitive plural).
junge: Adjective meaning 'young'.
Mann: Noun meaning 'man' or 'husband'.
weigerte: Past tense of 'weigern', meaning 'refused'.
sich: Reflexive pronoun meaning 'himself', 'herself', or 'itself'.
es: Neuter pronoun meaning 'it'.
zu: Preposition or infinitive marker meaning 'to'.
tun: Verb meaning 'to do'.
da: Adverb meaning 'then', 'there', or 'since'.
sagte: Past tense of 'sagen', meaning 'said'.
Fuchs: Noun meaning 'fox'.
Ich: First-person singular pronoun meaning 'I'.
will: First-person present of 'wollen', meaning 'want' or 'will'.
dir: Dative pronoun meaning 'you' (informal, dative).
wenigstens: Adverb meaning 'at least'.
einen: Indefinite article 'a' or 'one' (masculine accusative).
guten: Adjective meaning 'good' (accusative inflected form).
Rat: Noun meaning 'advice' or 'counsel'.
geben: Verb meaning 'to give'.
hüte: Imperative of 'hüten', meaning 'beware' or 'guard'.
dich: Accusative reflexive pronoun meaning 'yourself'.
vor: Preposition meaning 'before', 'in front of', or 'from'.
zwei: Number meaning 'two'.
Dingen: Dative plural of 'Ding', meaning 'things'.
löse: Imperative of 'lösen', meaning 'release' or 'loosen'.
niemanden: Accusative of 'niemand', meaning 'nobody' or 'no one'.
vom: Contraction of 'von dem', meaning 'from the'.
Galgen: Noun meaning 'gallows', a hanging execution structure.
los: Separable verb prefix meaning 'free', 'loose', or 'off'.
und: Conjunction meaning 'and'.
setze: Imperative of 'setzen', meaning 'put', 'place', or 'set'.
an: Preposition meaning 'at', 'on', or 'to'.
das: Definite article or pronoun meaning 'the' or 'that'.
Ufer: Noun meaning 'bank' or 'shore' of a body of water.
keines: Genitive of 'kein', meaning 'of no' or 'none'.
Flusses: Genitive of 'Fluss', meaning 'of a river'.
Dann: Adverb meaning 'then' or 'afterwards'.
ging: Past tense of 'gehen', meaning 'went'.
er: Third-person masculine pronoun meaning 'he'.
fort: Adverb meaning 'away' or 'off'; also separable prefix.
Nun: Adverb meaning 'now' or 'well then'.
dachte: Past tense of 'denken', meaning 'thought'.
ist: Third-person singular present of 'sein', meaning 'is'.
keine: Negative article meaning 'no' or 'not a'.
schwere: Adjective meaning 'difficult', 'hard', or 'heavy'.
Sache: Noun meaning 'thing', 'matter', or 'affair'.
diesen: Accusative demonstrative adjective meaning 'this' or 'these'.
befolgen: Verb meaning 'to follow' or 'to comply with advice'.
Er: Third-person masculine pronoun meaning 'he'.
ritt: Past tense of 'reiten', meaning 'rode' (on horseback).
mit: Preposition meaning 'with'.
Prinzessin: Noun meaning 'princess'.
weiter: Adverb meaning 'further', 'onward', or 'continued'.
bis: Preposition or conjunction meaning 'until' or 'up to'.
schließlich: Adverb meaning 'finally' or 'eventually'.
in: Preposition meaning 'in' or 'into'.
Dorf: Noun meaning 'village'.
kam: Past tense of 'kommen', meaning 'came'.
wo: Relative or interrogative adverb meaning 'where'.
seine: Possessive pronoun meaning 'his'.
Brüder: Plural of 'Bruder', meaning 'brothers'.
zurückgelassen: Past participle of 'zurücklassen', meaning 'left behind'.
hatte: Past tense of 'haben', meaning 'had'.
Und: Conjunction meaning 'and'.
dort: Adverb meaning 'there'.
hörte: Past tense of 'hören', meaning 'heard'.
großen: Adjective meaning 'great' or 'loud' (accusative inflected).
Lärm: Noun meaning 'noise' or 'loud sound'.
Aufruhr: Noun meaning 'uproar', 'turmoil', or 'commotion'.
als: Conjunction meaning 'when', 'as', or 'than'.
fragte: Past tense of 'fragen', meaning 'asked'.
was: Interrogative or relative pronoun meaning 'what'.
sei: Subjunctive of 'sein', meaning 'be' or 'was' (reported speech).
sagten: Past tense plural of 'sagen', meaning 'said'.
die: Definite article 'the' (feminine/plural).
Leute: Noun meaning 'people'.
Zwei: Number meaning 'two'.
Männer: Plural of 'Mann', meaning 'men'.
sollen: Modal verb meaning 'are supposed to' or 'shall'.
gehängt: Past participle of 'hängen', meaning 'hanged' or 'hung'.
werden: Auxiliary verb meaning 'to become' or forming passive/future.
Als: Conjunction meaning 'when' or 'as' (past events).
näher: Comparative adverb meaning 'closer' or 'nearer'.
sah: Past tense of 'sehen', meaning 'saw'.
dass: Conjunction meaning 'that' (introducing a subordinate clause).
waren: Past tense plural of 'sein', meaning 'were'.
Räubern: Dative plural of 'Räuber', meaning 'robbers' or 'thieves'.
geworden: Past participle of 'werden', meaning 'become'.
Können: Modal verb meaning 'can' or 'to be able to'.
sie: Pronoun meaning 'she', 'they', or 'them'.
auf: Preposition meaning 'on', 'upon', or 'at'.
Weise: Noun meaning 'way', 'manner', or 'method'.
gerettet: Past participle of 'retten', meaning 'rescued' or 'saved'.
Nein: Adverb meaning 'no'.
denn: Conjunction meaning 'because', 'for', or 'then'.
würde: Conditional form of 'werden', meaning 'would'.
sein: Verb meaning 'to be'; also possessive pronoun 'his'.
ganzes: Adjective meaning 'whole' or 'entire'.
Geld: Noun meaning 'money'.
für: Preposition meaning 'for'.
Schurken: Accusative/genitive plural of 'Schurke', meaning 'villains' or 'scoundrels'.
hergeben: Separable verb meaning 'to give away' or 'to hand over'.
ihre: Possessive pronoun meaning 'their' or 'her'.
Freiheit: Noun meaning 'freedom' or 'liberty'.
erkaufen: Verb meaning 'to buy' or 'to purchase at a price'.
Da: Adverb meaning 'then', 'there', or 'at that point'.
zögerte: Past tense of 'zögern', meaning 'hesitated'.
nicht: Negation adverb meaning 'not'.
um: Preposition meaning 'around', 'at', or 'in order to'.
darüber: Adverb meaning 'about it' or 'over it'.
nachzudenken: Infinitive of 'nachdenken', meaning 'to think about' or 'reflect'.
sondern: Conjunction meaning 'but rather' (after a negation).
zahlte: Past tense of 'zahlen', meaning 'paid'.
verlangt: Past participle of 'verlangen', meaning 'demanded' or 'required'.
wurden: Past tense passive auxiliary, meaning 'were' (passive).
freigelassen: Past participle of 'freilassen', meaning 'released' or 'set free'.
zogen: Past tense plural of 'ziehen', meaning 'moved' or 'traveled'.
ihm: Dative pronoun meaning 'him' or 'to him'.
Richtung: Noun meaning 'direction'.
ihrer: Genitive possessive pronoun meaning 'their' or 'of their'.
Heimat: Noun meaning 'homeland' or 'home region'.
den: Definite article 'the' (masculine accusative or dative plural).
Wald: Noun meaning 'forest' or 'woods'.
kamen: Past tense plural of 'kommen', meaning 'came'.
zuerst: Adverb meaning 'first' or 'at first'.
getroffen: Past participle of 'treffen', meaning 'met' or 'encountered'.
war: Past tense of 'sein', meaning 'was'.
so: Adverb meaning 'so', 'such', or 'thus'.
kühl: Adjective meaning 'cool' (temperature).
angenehm: Adjective meaning 'pleasant' or 'agreeable'.
Lasst: Imperative plural of 'lassen', meaning 'let us' or 'allow'.
uns: First-person plural pronoun meaning 'us'.
des: Genitive definite article meaning 'of the' (masculine/neuter).
setzen: Verb meaning 'to sit down', 'to set', or 'to place'.
eine: Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one' (feminine).
Weile: Noun meaning 'a while' or 'a short time'.
ausruhen: Reflexive verb meaning 'to rest' or 'to take a break'.
essen: Verb meaning 'to eat'.
trinken: Verb meaning 'to drink'.

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