The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 1
The Cyclone
Der Wirbelsturm
Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife.
Dorothy lebte inmitten der großen Prärien von Kansas, mit Onkel Henry, der ein Bauer war, und Tante Em, die die Frau des Bauern war.
Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles.
Ihr Haus war klein, denn das Holz, um es zu bauen, musste viele Meilen weit mit dem Wagen transportiert werden.
There were four walls, a floor and a roof, which made one room; and this room contained a rusty looking cookstove, a cupboard for the dishes, a table, three or four chairs, and the beds.
Es gab vier Wände, einen Boden und ein Dach, was einen einzigen Raum ergab; und dieser Raum enthielt einen rostig aussehenden Kochherd, einen Schrank für das Geschirr, einen Tisch, drei oder vier Stühle und die Betten.
Uncle Henry and Aunt Em had a big bed in one corner, and Dorothy a little bed in another corner.
Onkel Henry und Tante Em hatten ein großes Bett in einer Ecke, und Dorothy ein kleines Bett in einer anderen Ecke.
There was no garret at all, and no cellar—except a small hole dug in the ground, called a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds arose, mighty enough to crush any building in its path.
Es gab überhaupt keinen Dachboden und keinen Keller – außer einem kleinen Loch, das in den Boden gegraben war und als Wirbelsturmkeller bezeichnet wurde, wohin die Familie gehen konnte, falls einer jener gewaltigen Wirbelstürme aufkam, der mächtig genug war, jedes Gebäude auf seinem Weg zu zertrümmern.
It was reached by a trap door in the middle of the floor, from which a ladder led down into the small, dark hole.
Man gelangte dorthin durch eine Falltür in der Mitte des Bodens, von der eine Leiter in das kleine, dunkle Loch hinunterführte.
When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great gray prairie on every side.
Als Dorothy in der Türöffnung stand und sich umsah, konnte sie nichts als die große graue Prärie auf allen Seiten erblicken.
Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country that reached to the edge of the sky in all directions.
Weder ein Baum noch ein Haus unterbrach die weite Ausdehnung des flachen Landes, das sich in alle Richtungen bis zum Rand des Himmels erstreckte.
The sun had baked the plowed land into a gray mass, with little cracks running through it.
Die Sonne hatte das gepflügte Land zu einer grauen Masse gebacken, durch die sich kleine Risse zogen.
Vocabulary
- Wirbelsturm
- A violent rotating windstorm; tornado or cyclone
- lebte
- Past tense of 'leben'; lived, resided somewhere
- inmitten
- Preposition meaning in the middle of something
- Prärien
- Plural of Prärie; vast flat grasslands or plains
- Onkel
- Male family member; uncle, parent's brother
- Bauer
- A person who farms land; farmer or peasant
- Tante
- Female family member; aunt, parent's sister
- Bauern
- Genitive or plural form of Bauer; farmer's
- denn
- Conjunction meaning 'because' or 'for'
- Holz
- Material from trees used for building; wood
- bauen
- To construct or erect a structure; to build
- musste
- Past tense of 'müssen'; had to, was obliged
- Meilen
- Plural of Meile; unit of distance, miles
- weit
- Adjective or adverb meaning far, wide, distant
- Wagen
- A wheeled vehicle; wagon, cart, or car
- transportiert
- Past participle of transportieren; transported, carried
- gab
- Past tense of 'geben'; gave or there was/were
- Wände
- Plural of Wand; vertical surfaces enclosing a room; walls
- Boden
- The floor of a room or ground surface
- Dach
- The covering on top of a building; roof
- einzigen
- Inflected form of einzig; only, sole, single
- Raum
- An enclosed area within a building; room, space
- ergab
- Past tense of ergeben; resulted in, yielded
- enthielt
- Past tense of enthalten; contained, held inside
- rostig
- Adjective describing something covered in rust; rusty
- aussehenden
- Inflected participle of aussehen; appearing, looking like
- Kochherd
- A kitchen appliance used for cooking; stove, cooker
- Schrank
- A piece of furniture for storing items; cupboard, cabinet
- Geschirr
- Dishes, plates, and utensils used for eating
- Stühle
- Plural of Stuhl; seats with backs; chairs
- Ecke
- A point where two walls meet; corner
- überhaupt
- Adverb meaning at all, generally, altogether
- Dachboden
- The space directly under the roof; attic, loft
- Keller
- An underground room beneath a building; cellar, basement
- außer
- Preposition meaning except, apart from, besides
- Loch
- An opening or cavity in a surface; hole
- gegraben
- Past participle of graben; dug, excavated
- Wirbelsturmkeller
- An underground shelter used during a tornado; storm cellar
- bezeichnet
- Past participle of bezeichnen; called, referred to, labeled
- wohin
- Adverb meaning to where, to which place
- falls
- Conjunction meaning 'in case' or 'if'
- jener
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning that, that one yonder
- gewaltigen
- Inflected form of gewaltig; enormous, powerful, mighty
- Wirbelstürme
- Plural of Wirbelsturm; violent rotating storms; tornadoes
- aufkam
- Past tense of aufkommen; arose, came up, developed
- mächtig
- Adjective meaning powerful, mighty, or very strong
- genug
- Adverb or adjective meaning enough, sufficient
- jedes
- Indefinite determiner meaning every, each one
- Gebäude
- A constructed structure; building, edifice
- Weg
- A path or route; way, road, path
- zertrümmern
- To smash or destroy completely; to shatter, demolish
- Man
- Indefinite pronoun meaning one, you, people generally
- gelangte
- Past tense of gelangen; reached, arrived at, got to
- dorthin
- Directional adverb meaning to there, to that place
- Falltür
- A hinged door in a floor; trapdoor
- Mitte
- The central point of something; middle, center
- Bodens
- Genitive of Boden; of the floor or ground
- Leiter
- A device with rungs for climbing; ladder
- dunkle
- Inflected form of dunkel; dark, dim, shadowy
- hinunterführte
- Past tense of hinunterführen; led downward, went down
- Türöffnung
- The open frame of a doorway; doorway, door opening
- umsah
- Past tense of sich umsehen; looked around, glanced about
- nichts
- Indefinite pronoun meaning nothing, not anything
- graue
- Inflected form of grau; grey in color
- Prärie
- A large flat area of grassland; prairie, plain
- Seiten
- Plural of Seite; sides, pages, directions
- erblicken
- To catch sight of something; to see, to glimpse
- Weder
- Correlative conjunction used with noch; neither
- noch
- Conjunction meaning nor or still, yet
- unterbrach
- Past tense of unterbrechen; interrupted, broke up
- weite
- Inflected form of weit; wide, vast, extensive
- Ausdehnung
- The extent or expanse of something; expanse, extension
- flachen
- Inflected form of flach; flat, level, even
- Landes
- Genitive of Land; of the land or country
- Richtungen
- Plural of Richtung; directions, ways, orientations
- Rand
- The outer edge or border of something; edge, rim
- Himmels
- Genitive of Himmel; of the sky or heaven
- erstreckte
- Past tense of sich erstrecken; extended, stretched, reached
- gepflügte
- Past participle of pflügen, inflected; plowed, tilled
- grauen
- Inflected form of grau; grey, dull gray colored
- Masse
- A large body or bulk of something; mass, bulk
- gebacken
- Past participle of backen; baked, hardened by heat
- Risse
- Plural of Riss; cracks, fissures, splits in a surface
- zogen
- Past tense plural of ziehen; pulled, moved, spread
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