Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel — Page 5

Vocabulary

Alle

All, every member of a group

Spenden

Donations; to donate money or resources

sollten

Should, ought to (modal verb, past subjunctive)

gerichtet

Directed, aimed, addressed toward something

werden

To become; auxiliary for future or passive voice

an

To, at, on (preposition indicating direction or position)

Die

The (definite article, feminine/plural nominative)

ist

Is (third person singular of sein, to be)

eine

A, an (indefinite article, feminine nominative)

mit

With (preposition indicating accompaniment or means)

der

The (definite article, masculine/genitive/dative)

und

And (coordinating conjunction)

wurde

Was, became (simple past passive auxiliary)

vom

From the, by the (contraction of von dem)

US-amerikanischen

American, relating to the United States

Finanzamt

Tax office, revenue authority government agency

als

As, than (conjunction or preposition for comparison)

anerkannt

Recognized, acknowledged, officially approved

sind

Are (plural/formal third person of sein)

im

In the (contraction of in dem)

gesetzlich

Legally, by law, according to legislation

maximal

Maximum, to the greatest possible extent

zulässigen

Permissible, allowable, legally permitted

Umfang

Extent, scope, volume, circumference

steuerlich

Tax-related, pertaining to taxation

absetzbar

Tax-deductible, able to be written off

Sobald

As soon as (temporal conjunction)

die

The (definite article, feminine/plural)

Anforderungen

Requirements, demands, prerequisites for something

für

For (preposition indicating purpose or recipient)

weitere

Further, additional, more (adjective)

Bundesstaaten

Federal states, individual states within federation

erfüllt

Fulfilled, met, satisfied (a condition or requirement)

Ergänzungen

Additions, supplements, amendments to something

zu

To, at, too (preposition or particle)

dieser

This (demonstrative pronoun, genitive/dative feminine)

Liste

List, enumeration of items

vorgenommen

Undertaken, carried out, performed (an action)

Spendensammlung

Fundraising, collection of charitable donations

in

In, into (preposition of location or direction)

den

The (definite article, masculine accusative or plural dative)

zusätzlichen

Additional, extra (adjective in declined form)

beginnen

To begin, start, commence an activity

Wir

We (first person plural pronoun)

brauchen

To need, require something

Ihre

Your (formal possessive pronoun, second person)

mehr

More (comparative adverb or pronoun)

denn

Than, because (conjunction in comparison or cause)

je

Ever, each (adverb indicating time or quantity)

Aktuelle

Current, up-to-date, recent (adjective)

Informationen

Information, data, facts provided to someone

finden

To find, locate, discover something

Sie

You (formal singular/plural) or she/they

unter

Under, below, among (preposition)

Wenn

When, if (conditional or temporal conjunction)

nicht

Not (negation adverb)

erreichen

To reach, contact, attain something or someone

können

Can, to be able to (modal verb)

jederzeit

At any time, always, whenever

direkt

Directly, straight, without detour

E-Mail

Email, electronic mail message

senden

To send, transmit a message or item

leitet

Forwards, directs, routes (third person singular)

weiter

Further, onwards; prefix for forwarding action

wenn

When, if (subordinating conjunction)

von

From, of, by (preposition)

zurückgesendet

Sent back, returned (past participle of zurücksenden)

wird

Becomes, will (third person singular auxiliary)

werde

Will (first person singular future auxiliary)

ich

I (first person singular pronoun)

sie

She, her, they, them (pronoun)

trotzdem

Nevertheless, anyway, despite that

sehen

To see, to perceive visually

besser

Better (comparative form of gut, good)

später

Later, afterwards (comparative of spät)

erneut

Again, anew, once more

Nachricht

Message, news, piece of information

beantworten

To answer, reply to a message or question

oder

Or (coordinating conjunction)

weiterleiten

To forward, pass on a message

würden

Would (conditional auxiliary verb, plural/formal)

es

It (neuter third person singular pronoun)

vorziehen

To prefer, choose something over another

Ihnen

You (formal dative case, indirect object)

per

Per, by means of (preposition)

zuzusenden

To send to, dispatch to someone

Beispiel

Example, instance illustrating a point

einer

A, one (indefinite article, genitive/dative feminine)

über

Over, above, about, via (preposition)

bis

Until, up to, to (preposition or conjunction)

usw

Abbreviation for und so weiter, meaning etcetera

dir

Directory listing command; also: to you (dative)

zum

To the, for the (contraction of zu dem)

Anzeigen

Viewing, displaying; advertisements

Dateien

Files, digital documents stored on computer

Herunterladen

Downloading files from internet or server

bin

Binary mode command; also: am (first person sein)

Abrufen

Retrieving, fetching data or information

Jahresliste

Annual list, yearly index of items

Bücher

Books (plural of Buch)

ALLER

Of all (genitive plural of all)

Der

The (definite article, masculine nominative)

rechtliche

Legal, pertaining to law (adjective)

Kleingedruckte

Fine print, small print in legal documents

Text

Text, written content

Drei

Three (cardinal number)

Seiten

Pages, sides (plural of Seite)

BEGINN

Beginning, start of something

DES

Of the (definite article, masculine/neuter genitive)

KLEINGEDRUCKTEN

Fine print, small print (genitive form)