Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 14
Then he gave him a lump of silver as big as his head.
Dann gab er ihm einen Klumpen Silber, so groß wie sein Kopf.
Hans took out his pocket-handkerchief, put the piece of silver into it, threw it over his shoulder, and jogged off on his road homewards.
Hans holte sein Taschentuch heraus, legte das Stück Silber hinein, warf es über seine Schulter und trabte auf dem Weg nach Hause davon.
As he went lazily on, dragging one foot after another, a man came in sight, trotting gaily along on a capital horse.
Als er so träge dahinging und einen Fuß nach dem anderen schleppte, kam ein Mann in Sicht, der fröhlich auf einem prächtigen Pferd dahertrabte.
'I will give you my horse, and you shall give me the silver; which will save you a great deal of trouble in carrying such a heavy load about with you.
„Ich gebe dir mein Pferd, und du gibst mir das Silber; das erspart dir viel Mühe, eine so schwere Last mit dir herumzutragen.
Vocabulary
- Dann
- Then; used to indicate sequence or consequence
- gab
- Gave; past tense of geben
- er
- He; third person singular masculine pronoun
- ihm
- Him; dative form of er
- einen
- A/an; indefinite article in accusative masculine form
- Klumpen
- Lump; a solid irregular mass of material
- Silber
- Silver; a precious shiny grey-white metal
- so
- So/as; used for comparison or emphasis
- groß
- Big/large/tall; describing great size or height
- wie
- As/like/how; used in comparisons or questions
- sein
- His; possessive pronoun, or to be
- Kopf
- Head; the uppermost part of the body
- holte
- Fetched/got; past tense of holen
- Taschentuch
- Handkerchief; a small cloth for wiping face
- heraus
- Out; directional adverb meaning out of something
- legte
- Laid/placed; past tense of legen
- das
- The; definite article for neuter nouns
- Stück
- Piece/chunk; a portion or part of something
- hinein
- Into; directional adverb meaning into something
- warf
- Threw; past tense of werfen
- es
- It; third person singular neuter pronoun
- über
- Over/across; preposition indicating position above
- seine
- His; possessive pronoun in feminine or plural form
- Schulter
- Shoulder; the joint connecting arm to torso
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction linking words or clauses
- trabte
- Trotted; past tense of traben, to trot
- auf
- On/upon; preposition indicating position or direction
- dem
- The; dative definite article for masculine/neuter nouns
- Weg
- Way/path/road; a route or direction of travel
- nach
- To/after/toward; preposition indicating direction or time
- Hause
- Home; dative form of Haus, used in nach Hause
- davon
- Away/off; adverb indicating movement away from something
- Als
- When/as; conjunction introducing a past-time clause
- träge
- Sluggishly/lazily; moving slowly with little energy
- dahinging
- Went along; past tense of dahin·gehen, to walk along
- Fuß
- Foot; the lower extremity used for walking
- anderen
- Other; referring to a different person or thing
- schleppte
- Dragged/hauled; past tense of schleppen
- kam
- Came; past tense of kommen
- ein
- A/one; indefinite article or the number one
- Mann
- Man; an adult male person
- in
- In/into; preposition indicating location or direction
- Sicht
- Sight/view; the range or act of seeing
- der
- The/who; definite article or relative pronoun
- fröhlich
- Happily/cheerfully; in a joyful or merry manner
- einem
- A/one; indefinite article in dative masculine form
- prächtigen
- Splendid/magnificent; of impressive beauty or grandeur
- Pferd
- Horse; a large domesticated four-legged animal
- dahertrabte
- Came trotting along; past tense of daher·traben
- Ich
- I; first person singular subject pronoun
- gebe
- Give; first person singular present of geben
- dir
- You; dative form of du
- mein
- My; first person singular possessive pronoun
- du
- You; second person singular informal pronoun
- gibst
- Give; second person singular present of geben
- mir
- Me; dative first person singular pronoun
- erspart
- Saves/spares; third person singular of ersparen
- viel
- Much/a lot; indicating a large quantity or degree
- Mühe
- Effort/trouble; hard work or difficulty involved
- eine
- A/an; indefinite article in feminine nominative form
- schwere
- Heavy; of great weight or burden
- Last
- Load/burden; a heavy weight carried by someone
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or inclusion
- herumzutragen
- To carry around; infinitive of herum·tragen
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