Sense and Sensibility — Page 2
The son, a steady respectable young man, was amply provided for by the fortune of his mother, which had been large, and half of which devolved on him on his coming of age.
Der Sohn, ein gesetzter, angesehener junger Mann, war durch das Vermögen seiner Mutter, das beträchtlich gewesen war, reichlich versorgt, und die Hälfte davon fiel ihm bei seiner Volljährigkeit zu.
By his own marriage, likewise, which happened soon afterwards, he added to his wealth.
Durch seine eigene Heirat, die bald darauf stattfand, vermehrte er ebenfalls seinen Reichtum.
To him therefore the succession to the Norland estate was not so really important as to his sisters; for their fortune, independent of what might arise to them from their father's inheriting that property, could be but small.
Für ihn war daher die Erbfolge des Norland-Gutes nicht so wirklich bedeutsam wie für seine Schwestern; denn ihr Vermögen, unabhängig von dem, was ihnen durch die Erbschaft ihres Vaters zufallen könnte, konnte nur gering sein.
Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; for the remaining moiety of his first wife's fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only a life-interest in it.
Ihre Mutter hatte nichts, und ihr Vater nur siebentausend Pfund, über die er frei verfügen konnte; denn die verbleibende Hälfte des Vermögens seiner ersten Frau war ebenfalls ihrem Kind gesichert, und er hatte daran nur ein lebenslanges Nutzungsrecht.
The old gentleman died: his will was read, and like almost every other will, gave as much disappointment as pleasure.
Der alte Herr starb: sein Testament wurde verlesen und bereitete, wie fast jedes andere Testament, ebenso viel Enttäuschung wie Freude.
He was neither so unjust, nor so ungrateful, as to leave his estate from his nephew;—but he left it to him on such terms as destroyed half the value of the bequest.
Er war weder so ungerecht noch so undankbar, sein Gut an seinem Neffen vorbeizuvererben; — aber er hinterließ es ihm zu solchen Bedingungen, die die Hälfte des Wertes des Vermächtnisses zunichtemachten.
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Vocabulary
- Sohn
- Male offspring; a man's son
- gesetzter
- Mature, composed, sedate in manner or character
- angesehener
- Respected, esteemed, held in high regard
- junger
- Young, of relatively few years in age
- Mann
- Adult male human being; a man
- durch
- Preposition meaning through, by means of
- Vermögen
- Wealth, fortune, financial assets or property
- Mutter
- Female parent; one's mother
- beträchtlich
- Considerable, significant, notably large in amount
- reichlich
- Abundantly, plentifully, more than sufficiently
- versorgt
- Provided for, supplied, taken care of financially
- Hälfte
- One half, fifty percent of a whole
- davon
- Adverb meaning 'of it', 'from it', thereof
- fiel
- Past tense of 'fallen': fell, accrued to someone
- bei
- Preposition: at, upon, on the occasion of
- Volljährigkeit
- Legal adulthood, the age of majority reached
- eigene
- Adjective meaning own, one's very own
- Heirat
- Marriage, the act of marrying a partner
- bald
- Adverb meaning soon, shortly thereafter
- darauf
- Adverb: thereafter, after that, following it
- stattfand
- Past tense of 'stattfinden': took place, occurred
- vermehrte
- Increased, multiplied, augmented in size or amount
- ebenfalls
- Also, likewise, in addition, equally as well
- Reichtum
- Wealth, riches, great financial prosperity
- daher
- Adverb meaning therefore, hence, for that reason
- Erbfolge
- Order of inheritance, succession to an estate
- wirklich
- Truly, really, in actual fact, genuinely
- bedeutsam
- Significant, meaningful, of considerable importance
- Schwestern
- Plural of Schwester: sisters, female siblings
- denn
- Conjunction meaning because, for, since
- unabhängig
- Independent, not reliant on another's resources
- Erbschaft
- Inheritance, assets received from a deceased person
- Vaters
- Genitive of Vater: of the father, father's
- zufallen
- To accrue to, to fall to someone by inheritance
- könnte
- Subjunctive of können: could, might be able to
- konnte
- Past tense of können: could, was able to
- gering
- Small, slight, insignificant, of little value
- nichts
- Pronoun: nothing, not anything at all
- Vater
- Male parent; one's father
- siebentausend
- The number seven thousand (7,000)
- Pfund
- Pound, British currency unit or unit of weight
- über
- Preposition: over, about, more than, above
- frei
- Free, unencumbered, available to use freely
- verfügen
- To dispose of, have at one's disposal freely
- verbleibende
- Remaining, leftover, still existing after reduction
- Vermögens
- Genitive of Vermögen: of the wealth or fortune
- Frau
- Woman, wife, or polite form of address
- Kind
- Child, a young person or offspring
- gesichert
- Secured, guaranteed, protected from loss or risk
- daran
- Adverb: on it, to it, connected with that
- lebenslanges
- Lifelong, lasting for the duration of one's life
- Nutzungsrecht
- Right of use, usufruct, entitlement to use property
- alte
- Old, elderly, aged (adjective declined form)
- Herr
- Mister, gentleman, lord, male form of address
- starb
- Past tense of sterben: died, passed away
- Testament
- Last will and testament, legal inheritance document
- verlesen
- Read aloud, recited, read out publicly formally
- bereitete
- Past tense of bereiten: prepared, caused, brought about
- fast
- Adverb meaning almost, nearly, not quite
- jedes
- Pronoun/adjective: every, each one of many
- andere
- Other, another, different from the current one
- ebenso
- Just as, equally, in the same manner
- viel
- Much, many, a large quantity or degree
- Enttäuschung
- Disappointment, feeling of unmet expectations or hope
- Freude
- Joy, happiness, pleasure, a feeling of delight
- weder
- Neither, used in 'weder...noch' (neither...nor)
- ungerecht
- Unjust, unfair, not equitable or righteous
- noch
- Conjunction: nor, still, yet, additionally
- undankbar
- Ungrateful, not appreciative of benefits received
- Gut
- Estate, property, landed goods or a good thing
- Neffen
- Nephew, the son of one's sibling
- vorbeizuvererben
- To bequeath past someone, to disinherit by bypassing
- hinterließ
- Past tense of hinterlassen: left behind, bequeathed
- solchen
- Such, of such a kind (dative declined form)
- Bedingungen
- Conditions, terms, requirements attached to something
- Wertes
- Genitive of Wert: of the value, worth thereof
- Vermächtnisses
- Genitive of Vermächtnis: of the legacy or bequest
- zunichtemachten
- Past tense: nullified, rendered worthless, annulled
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