Notre-Dame de Paris — Page 5
On that day, there was to be a bonfire on the Place de Grève, a maypole at the Chapelle de Braque, and a mystery at the Palais de Justice.
An jenem Tag sollte es ein Freudenfeuer auf dem Place de Grève geben, einen Maibaum bei der Chapelle de Braque und ein Mysterienspiel im Palais de Justice.
It had been cried, to the sound of the trumpet, the preceding evening at all the cross roads, by the provost's men, clad in handsome, short, sleeveless coats of violet camelot, with large white crosses upon their breasts.
Es war am vorangegangenen Abend unter Trompetenklang an allen Straßenkreuzungen von den Männern des Vogts ausgerufen worden, die in hübschen, kurzen, ärmellosen Röcken aus violettem Kamelott gekleidet waren und große weiße Kreuze auf der Brust trugen.
So the crowd of citizens, male and female, having closed their houses and shops, thronged from every direction, at early morn, towards some one of the three spots designated.
So strömte die Menge der Bürger, Männer wie Frauen, nachdem sie ihre Häuser und Läden geschlossen hatten, in aller Frühe von allen Seiten auf einen der drei bezeichneten Orte zu.
Each had made his choice; one, the bonfire; another, the maypole; another, the mystery play.
Jeder hatte seine Wahl getroffen; der eine das Freudenfeuer, ein anderer den Maibaum, ein weiterer das Mysterienspiel.
Vocabulary
- An
- At, on; preposition indicating location or time
- jenem
- That (dative); demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant
- Tag
- Day; a 24-hour period
- sollte
- Was supposed to; past tense of sollen
- es
- It; third-person singular neuter pronoun
- ein
- A, an; indefinite article or the number one
- Freudenfeuer
- Bonfire of joy; celebratory fire lit for festivities
- auf
- On, upon; preposition indicating surface or location
- dem
- The; dative definite article for masculine or neuter nouns
- geben
- To give; also used in es gibt meaning there is
- einen
- A, an; indefinite article in the accusative masculine form
- Maibaum
- Maypole; decorated pole used in May Day celebrations
- bei
- At, near, by; preposition indicating proximity or location
- der
- The; definite article for masculine nouns or genitive feminine
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction linking words or clauses
- Mysterienspiel
- Mystery play; medieval religious theatrical performance
- im
- In the; contraction of in and dem
- Palais
- Palace; large grand building used for official purposes
- Es
- It; neuter third-person pronoun, often used impersonally
- war
- Was; simple past of sein, to be
- am
- On the, at the; contraction of an and dem
- vorangegangenen
- Preceding, previous; adjective describing something that came before
- Abend
- Evening; the later part of the day
- unter
- Under, among; preposition indicating position below or within
- Trompetenklang
- Sound of trumpets; fanfare or trumpet noise
- an
- At, on, to; preposition for location, time, or direction
- allen
- All; dative plural form of alle
- Straßenkreuzungen
- Street intersections; crossroads where multiple streets meet
- von
- From, by, of; preposition indicating origin or possession
- den
- The; accusative or dative plural definite article
- Männern
- Men; dative plural of Mann
- des
- Of the; genitive definite article for masculine or neuter nouns
- Vogts
- Bailiff's, steward's; genitive of Vogt, a medieval official
- ausgerufen
- Proclaimed, announced; past participle of ausrufen
- worden
- Become; auxiliary participle used in passive constructions
- die
- The, who, which; definite article or relative pronoun
- in
- In, into; preposition indicating location or movement
- hübschen
- Pretty, attractive; adjective describing pleasing appearance
- kurzen
- Short; adjective in inflected form describing brief length
- ärmellosen
- Sleeveless; adjective describing garments without sleeves
- Röcken
- Skirts, coats; dative plural of Rock, a garment
- aus
- From, out of, made of; preposition indicating origin or material
- violettem
- Violet, purple; dative form of the color adjective violett
- gekleidet
- Dressed, clothed; past participle of kleiden
- waren
- Were; simple past plural of sein, to be
- große
- Large, big; adjective describing considerable size
- weiße
- White; adjective describing the color white
- Kreuze
- Crosses; plural of Kreuz, a cross-shaped symbol
- Brust
- Chest, breast; the front part of the torso
- trugen
- Wore, carried; simple past plural of tragen
- So
- So, thus; adverb indicating consequence or manner
- strömte
- Streamed, flowed; simple past of strömen, to pour forth
- Menge
- Crowd, multitude; a large number of people gathered
- Bürger
- Citizens, townspeople; members of a city or community
- Männer
- Men; plural of Mann
- wie
- Like, as, how; conjunction or adverb for comparison
- Frauen
- Women; plural of Frau
- nachdem
- After; subordinating conjunction indicating something happened subsequently
- sie
- They, she; third-person pronoun, singular or plural
- ihre
- Their, her; possessive pronoun in nominative or accusative
- Häuser
- Houses; plural of Haus, a residential building
- Läden
- Shops, stores; plural of Laden, a retail establishment
- geschlossen
- Closed, shut; past participle of schließen
- hatten
- Had; simple past plural of haben, to have
- aller
- Of all; genitive plural of all, indicating totality
- Frühe
- Early morning; the early hours of the day
- Seiten
- Sides, pages; plural of Seite, direction or page
- drei
- Three; the cardinal number 3
- bezeichneten
- Designated, named; past tense of bezeichnen, to indicate
- Orte
- Places, locations; plural of Ort
- zu
- To, toward, too; preposition or adverb indicating direction
- Jeder
- Everyone, each one; indefinite pronoun meaning every person
- hatte
- Had; simple past singular of haben, to have
- seine
- His, its; possessive pronoun in nominative or accusative
- Wahl
- Choice, election; the act of choosing or selecting
- getroffen
- Made, met, hit; past participle of treffen
- eine
- One, a; indefinite article or pronoun in feminine form
- das
- The, that; neuter definite article or demonstrative pronoun
- anderer
- Another, other; pronoun or adjective indicating a different one
- weiterer
- Further, additional; adjective indicating one more beyond existing
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