Moby Dick; Or, The Whale — Page 14
Being once pursued by a whale which he had wounded, he parried the assault for some time with a lance; but the furious monster at length rushed on the boat; himself and comrades only being preserved by leaping into the water when they saw the onset was inevitable."
Als er einst von einem Wal verfolgt wurde, den er verwundet hatte, wehrte er den Angriff einige Zeit lang mit einer Lanze ab; doch stürzte sich das wütende Ungeheuer schließlich auf das Boot; er selbst und seine Kameraden wurden nur gerettet, indem sie ins Wasser sprangen, als sie sahen, dass der Anprall unvermeidlich war."
—_Missionary Journal of Tyerman and Bennett_.
—_Missionsjournal von Tyerman und Bennett_.
—_Report of Daniel Webster's Speech in the U. S. Senate, on the application for the Erection of a Breakwater at Nantucket_. 1828.
—_Bericht über Daniel Websters Rede im US-Senat über den Antrag auf Errichtung eines Wellenbrechers bei Nantucket_. 1828.
—_Life of Samuel Comstock_ (_the mutineer_), _by his brother, William Comstock. Another Version of the whale-ship Globe narrative_.
—_Das Leben von Samuel Comstock_ (_dem Meuterer_), _von seinem Bruder, William Comstock. Eine weitere Version der Erzählung des Walfangschiffs Globe_.
—_McCulloch's Commercial Dictionary_.
—_McCullochs Handelswörterbuch_.
Vocabulary
- Als
- When; used to introduce a past time clause
- er
- He; third-person singular masculine pronoun
- einst
- Once, formerly; referring to a past time
- von
- By, from, of; common preposition indicating origin or agent
- einem
- A, an; indefinite article dative masculine/neuter form
- Wal
- Whale; large marine mammal
- verfolgt
- Pursued, chased; past participle of verfolgen
- wurde
- Was; past tense auxiliary for passive constructions
- den
- The; definite article accusative masculine form
- verwundet
- Wounded, injured; past participle of verwunden
- hatte
- Had; simple past tense of haben
- wehrte
- Fended off, defended; simple past of wehren
- Angriff
- Attack, assault; aggressive physical or verbal action
- einige
- Some, several; indefinite pronoun indicating a few
- Zeit
- Time; duration or period of time
- lang
- Long; indicating extended duration or length
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- einer
- A, an; indefinite article dative feminine form
- Lanze
- Lance, spear; long pointed weapon
- ab
- Off, away; separable verb prefix indicating repulsion
- doch
- But, yet, however; concessive or contradicting conjunction
- stürzte
- Rushed, plunged; simple past of stürzen
- sich
- Itself, oneself; reflexive pronoun third person
- das
- The; definite article nominative/accusative neuter form
- wütende
- Furious, enraged; adjective describing intense anger
- Ungeheuer
- Monster; large frightening or monstrous creature
- schließlich
- Finally, eventually; adverb indicating last occurrence
- auf
- On, onto; preposition of position or direction
- Boot
- Boat; small watercraft for travel on water
- selbst
- Itself, even; emphatic pronoun or intensifying particle
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction linking words or clauses
- seine
- His; possessive pronoun third-person masculine singular
- Kameraden
- Comrades, companions; fellow members of a group
- wurden
- Were; past tense auxiliary plural for passive voice
- nur
- Only, just; limiting adverb restricting scope
- gerettet
- Saved, rescued; past participle of retten
- indem
- By, in that; subordinating conjunction indicating means
- sie
- They, she; third-person pronoun plural or feminine
- ins
- Into the; contraction of in and das
- Wasser
- Water; clear liquid essential for life
- sprangen
- Jumped, leaped; simple past plural of springen
- als
- When, as; subordinating conjunction for past events
- sahen
- Saw; simple past plural of sehen
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- der
- The; definite article nominative masculine form
- Anprall
- Impact, collision; forceful striking of one object against another
- unvermeidlich
- Inevitable, unavoidable; impossible to prevent or escape
- war
- Was; simple past tense of sein
- Bericht
- Report, account; written or spoken informational summary
- über
- About, over; preposition indicating topic or position
- Rede
- Speech, address; formal spoken presentation to audience
- im
- In the; contraction of in and dem
- Antrag
- Motion, proposal; formal request submitted for approval
- Errichtung
- Construction, establishment; act of building or setting up
- eines
- A, an; indefinite article genitive neuter form
- bei
- Near, at, by; preposition of location or proximity
- Das
- The; definite article nominative/accusative neuter form
- Leben
- Life; existence or biography of a person
- dem
- The; definite article dative masculine/neuter form
- Meuterer
- Mutineer; person who rebels against authority or captain
- seinem
- His; possessive pronoun dative masculine/neuter form
- Bruder
- Brother; male sibling
- Eine
- A, an; indefinite article nominative feminine form
- weitere
- Another, further; adjective indicating an additional item
- Version
- Version; a particular form or variant of something
- Erzählung
- Narrative, tale; written or spoken story or account
- Walfangschiffs
- Whaling ship's; genitive form of Walfangschiff
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