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Vocabulary

Sie

She, or formal 'you' (third person pronoun)

erklärte

Explained; past tense of 'erklären'

auf

On, upon, or onto (preposition/prefix)

eine

A, an (feminine indefinite article)

ganz

Quite, completely, entirely, whole

selbstverständliche

Natural, self-evident, obvious (adjective, inflected)

Weise

Manner, way, mode of doing something

dass

That (subordinating conjunction introducing a clause)

sie

She, they, or her (personal pronoun)

glaubte

Believed; past tense of 'glauben'

käme

Would come; subjunctive II of 'kommen'

manchmal

Sometimes, occasionally, now and then

nachts

At night, during the night (adverb)

ins

Into the (contraction of 'in das')

Kinderzimmer

Children's room, nursery in a house

und

And (coordinating conjunction)

säße

Would sit; subjunctive II of 'sitzen'

dem

The (dative masculine/neuter definite article)

Fußende

Foot end of a bed or object

ihres

Her, their (genitive possessive pronoun)

Bettes

Of the bed (genitive of 'Bett')

spielte

Played; past tense of 'spielen'

ihr

Her, to her (dative/possessive pronoun)

seinen

His (accusative masculine possessive pronoun)

Pfeifen

Pipes, flutes; whistling instruments (plural noun)

Leider

Unfortunately, sadly, regrettably (adverb)

wachte

Woke up; past tense of 'wachen/aufwachen'

nie

Never, at no time (negative adverb)

daher

Therefore, hence, for that reason

wusste

Knew; past tense of 'wissen'

nicht

Not (negation particle)

woher

Where from, from where (interrogative adverb)

es

It (neuter third person pronoun)

einfach

Simple, simply, just, easy

Das

That, the (demonstrative/neuter article)

stimmte

Was correct, matched; past tense of 'stimmen'

durchaus

Absolutely, quite, thoroughly, entirely

die

The (feminine/plural definite article)

Blätter

Leaves (of a plant) or pages (plural)

waren

Were; past tense plural of 'sein'

in

In, inside, within (preposition)

der

The (masculine/genitive feminine definite article)

Nähe

Nearness, vicinity, proximity, closeness

des

Of the (genitive masculine/neuter article)

Fensters

Of the window (genitive of 'Fenster')

gefunden

Found; past participle of 'finden'

worden

Been; auxiliary past participle for passive voice

was

What (interrogative/relative pronoun)

denken

To think, to consider, to reflect

sollte

Should, was supposed to (modal past tense)

denn

Because, for, then (conjunction/particle)

schien

Seemed, appeared; past tense of 'scheinen'

alles

Everything, all (indefinite pronoun)

so

So, thus, in this way (adverb)

selbstverständlich

Obvious, natural, of course, self-evident

für

For (preposition indicating purpose or beneficiary)

zu

To, too, toward, at (preposition/infinitive marker)

sein

To be; also his (infinitive verb/possessive)

man

One, you, people (impersonal pronoun)

damit

With that, so that, thereby (conjunction/adverb)

abtun

To dismiss, to brush off, to discard

konnte

Could; past tense of 'können'

sagen

To say, to tell, to speak

habe

Have; first person present of 'haben'

geträumt

Dreamed; past participle of 'träumen'

hatte

Had; past tense of 'haben'

eilig

Hurried, rushed, urgent, hasty

Frühstück

Breakfast, the first meal of the day

bekommen

To receive, get, obtain something

musste

Had to; past tense of 'müssen'

sicher

Sure, certain, safe, definitely

haben

To have; auxiliary verb (infinitive)

Aber

But, however (coordinating conjunction)

andererseits

On the other hand, conversely (adverb)

da

There, here, since, as (adverb/conjunction)

untersuchte

Examined, investigated; past tense of 'untersuchen'

sehr

Very, extremely, highly (adverb of degree)

sorgfältig

Carefully, thoroughly, meticulously (adverb/adjective)

Skelettblätter

Skeleton leaves; leaves with only veins remaining

aber

But, however, yet (conjunction/particle)

war

Was; past tense singular of 'sein'

von

From, of, by (preposition)

keinem

No, none (dative masculine/neuter of 'kein')

Baum

Tree (a woody perennial plant)

stammten

Came from, originated; past plural of 'stammen'

wuchs

Grew; past tense of 'wachsen'

kroch

Crawled; past tense of 'kriechen'

Boden

Floor, ground, soil, bottom surface

umher

Around, about (adverb indicating movement)

leuchtete

Shone, illuminated; past tense of 'leuchten'

mit

With, along with (preposition)

einer

A, one (dative feminine indefinite article)

Kerze

Candle, a wax light source

nach

After, to, toward, according to (preposition)

Spuren

Traces, tracks, footprints (plural of 'Spur')

eines

Of a, one's (genitive indefinite article)

fremden

Strange, foreign, unfamiliar (adjective, inflected)

Fußes

Of the foot (genitive of 'Fuß')

stocherte

Poked, prodded; past tense of 'stochern'

Schürhaken

Fire poker, a tool for stirring embers

im

In the (contraction of 'in dem')

Kamin

Fireplace, chimney, hearth in a room

klopfte

Knocked, tapped; past tense of 'klopfen'

an

On, at, to, against (preposition/prefix)

Wände

Walls (plural of 'Wand')