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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Die gesammelten Werke von William Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare

von William Shakespeare

Contents

Inhalt

THE SONNETS

DIE SONETTE

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

ENDE GUT, ALLES GUT

THE TRAGEDY OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

DIE TRAGÖDIE VON ANTONIUS UND KLEOPATRA

AS YOU LIKE IT

WIE ES EUCH GEFÄLLT

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

DIE KOMÖDIE DER IRRUNGEN

THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS

DIE TRAGÖDIE DES CORIOLANUS

CYMBELINE

CYMBELINE

THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK

DIE TRAGÖDIE VON HAMLET, PRINZ VON DÄNEMARK

THE FIRST PART OF KING HENRY THE FOURTH

DER ERSTE TEIL VON KÖNIG HEINRICH DEM VIERTEN

THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE FOURTH

DER ZWEITE TEIL VON KÖNIG HEINRICH DEM VIERTEN

THE LIFE OF KING HENRY THE FIFTH

DAS LEBEN VON KÖNIG HEINRICH DEM FÜNFTEN

THE FIRST PART OF HENRY THE SIXTH

DER ERSTE TEIL VON HEINRICH DEM SECHSTEN

THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH

DER ZWEITE TEIL VON KÖNIG HEINRICH DEM SECHSTEN

THE THIRD PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH

DER DRITTE TEIL VON KÖNIG HEINRICH DEM SECHSTEN

KING HENRY THE EIGHTH

KÖNIG HEINRICH DER ACHTE

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING JOHN

DAS LEBEN UND DER TOD VON KÖNIG JOHANN

THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR

DIE TRAGÖDIE DES JULIUS CÄSAR

THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR

DIE TRAGÖDIE VON KÖNIG LEAR

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST

VERLORENE LIEBESMÜH

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

DIE TRAGÖDIE DES MACBETH

MEASURE FOR MEASURE

MASS FÜR MASS

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

DER KAUFMANN VON VENEDIG

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

EIN SOMMERNACHTSTRAUM

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

VIEL LÄRM UM NICHTS

THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO, THE MOOR OF VENICE

DIE TRAGÖDIE VON OTHELLO, DEM MOHREN VON VENEDIG

PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE

PERIKLES, PRINZ VON TYRUS

KING RICHARD THE SECOND

KÖNIG RICHARD DER ZWEITE

KING RICHARD THE THIRD

KÖNIG RICHARD DER DRITTE

THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET

DIE TRAGÖDIE VON ROMEO UND JULIA

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

DER WIDERSPENSTIGEN ZÄHMUNG

THE TEMPEST

DER STURM

THE LIFE OF TIMON OF ATHENS

DAS LEBEN DES TIMON VON ATHEN

THE TRAGEDY OF TITUS ANDRONICUS

DIE TRAGÖDIE DES TITUS ANDRONICUS

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA

TROILUS UND CRESSIDA

TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL

DER ZWÖLFTE ABEND; ODER, WAS IHR WOLLT

THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA

DIE ZWEI HERREN VON VERONA

THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN

DIE ZWEI EDLEN VERWANDTEN

THE WINTER'S TALE

DAS WINTERMÄRCHEN

A LOVER'S COMPLAINT

DIE KLAGE EINES LIEBENDEN

THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM

DER LEIDENSCHAFTLICHE PILGER

THE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE

DER PHÖNIX UND DIE TAUBE

THE RAPE OF LUCRECE

DIE SCHÄNDUNG DER LUCRETIA

VENUS AND ADONIS

VENUS UND ADONIS

Vocabulary

Die
Definite article: the (feminine/plural nominative)
gesammelten
Collected, gathered together (adjective, past participle)
Werke
Works, literary or artistic creations
von
Of, from, by (preposition indicating origin or possession)
Inhalt
Content, table of contents, subject matter
DIE
Definite article: the (feminine/plural, emphatic)
SONETTE
Sonnets, fourteen-line poetic compositions
ENDE
End, conclusion, final point of something
GUT
Good, well, satisfactory in quality or condition
ALLES
Everything, all things considered together
TRAGÖDIE
Tragedy, a dramatic work with a sorrowful ending
VON
Of, from, by (preposition, emphatic/uppercase)
UND
And, conjunction connecting words or clauses
WIE
How, as, like (conjunction or interrogative adverb)
ES
It, neuter personal pronoun (third person singular)
EUCH
You (plural dative/accusative personal pronoun)
GEFÄLLT
Pleases, is pleasing to someone (verb: gefallen)
KOMÖDIE
Comedy, a humorous dramatic theatrical work
DER
Definite article: the (masculine nominative or genitive)
IRRUNGEN
Errors, confusions, mix-ups (plural noun)
DES
Of the (definite article, masculine/neuter genitive)
PRINZ
Prince, male member of a royal family
DÄNEMARK
Denmark, Scandinavian country in northern Europe
ERSTE
First, ordinal number indicating initial position
TEIL
Part, portion, section of a larger whole
KÖNIG
King, male monarch ruling a kingdom
DEM
The (definite article, dative masculine/neuter)
VIERTEN
Fourth, ordinal number in dative case
ZWEITE
Second, ordinal number indicating position two
DAS
The (definite article, neuter nominative/accusative)
LEBEN
Life, existence; also infinitive: to live
FÜNFTEN
Fifth, ordinal number in genitive or dative case
SECHSTEN
Sixth, ordinal number in genitive or dative case
DRITTE
Third, ordinal number indicating position three
ACHTE
Eighth, ordinal number indicating position eight
TOD
Death, the end of life
VERLORENE
Lost, wasted (adjective from verlieren, to lose)
LIEBESMÜH
Love's labour, effort of love (poetic compound noun)
MASS
Measure, standard, degree of something
FÜR
For, in favor of (preposition with accusative case)
KAUFMANN
Merchant, trader, businessman dealing in goods
VENEDIG
Venice, Italian city famous for canals and trade
LUSTIGEN
Merry, cheerful, funny (adjective in declined form)
WEIBER
Wives, women (older or colloquial plural noun)
EIN
A, an (indefinite article, also: one)
SOMMERNACHTSTRAUM
Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's famous comedy title
VIEL
Much, a lot, many (quantity adjective/adverb)
LÄRM
Noise, racket, loud disruptive sound
UM
Around, about, for (preposition with accusative)
NICHTS
Nothing, not anything at all
MOHREN
Moor, historical term for dark-skinned person (genitive)
WIDERSPENSTIGEN
Stubborn, unruly (adjective from widerspenstig, in genitive)
ZÄHMUNG
Taming, domestication, bringing under control
STURM
Storm, tempest; also Shakespeare's play The Tempest
ATHEN
Athens, capital city of Greece
ZWÖLFTE
Twelfth, ordinal number indicating position twelve
ABEND
Evening, the latter part of the day
ODER
Or, conjunction indicating an alternative choice
WAS
What, relative pronoun or interrogative word
IHR
You (plural informal) or her/their (possessive pronoun)
WOLLT
Want (second person plural of wollen, to want)
ZWEI
Two, the cardinal number following one
HERREN
Gentlemen, lords, masters (plural of Herr)
EDLEN
Noble, aristocratic (adjective in declined/genitive form)
VERWANDTEN
Relatives, kinsmen (plural noun in declined form)
WINTERMÄRCHEN
Winter's Tale, a fairy-tale-like story set in winter
KLAGE
Lament, complaint, cry of sorrow or grievance
EINES
Of a, of one (indefinite article in genitive case)
LIEBENDEN
Lover, one who loves (present participle, declined form)
LEIDENSCHAFTLICHE
Passionate, intense, filled with strong emotion
PILGER
Pilgrim, traveler on a religious or spiritual journey
PHÖNIX
Phoenix, mythical bird reborn from its own ashes
TAUBE
Dove, pigeon; symbol of peace and innocence
SCHÄNDUNG
Violation, desecration, act of shaming or defiling
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