The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 8
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She came close to Dorothy and kissed her gently on the forehead. Where her lips touched the girl they left a round, shining mark, as Dorothy found out soon after.
Sie trat nah an Dorothy heran und küsste sie sanft auf die Stirn. Wo ihre Lippen das Mädchen berührten, hinterließen sie ein rundes, leuchtendes Mal, wie Dorothy kurz darauf herausfand.
Vocabulary
- Sie
- She, or formal 'you' in German
- trat
- Past tense of 'treten'; stepped or moved toward
- nah
- Near, close in distance or proximity
- an
- Preposition meaning 'at', 'on', or 'to'
- heran
- Particle indicating movement toward something or someone
- und
- Conjunction meaning 'and', connecting words or clauses
- küsste
- Past tense of 'küssen'; kissed someone gently
- sie
- Pronoun meaning 'she', 'her', or 'they'
- sanft
- Gently, softly, in a tender manner
- auf
- Preposition meaning 'on', 'onto', or 'upon'
- die
- Definite article 'the' for feminine or plural nouns
- Stirn
- The forehead, the front part of the face
- Wo
- Where, a relative or interrogative adverb of place
- ihre
- Her or their, possessive pronoun in German
- Lippen
- Lips, the two fleshy parts of the mouth
- das
- Definite article 'the' for neuter nouns in German
- Mädchen
- Girl, a young female person or child
- berührten
- Past tense of 'berühren'; touched or made contact with
- hinterließen
- Past tense of 'hinterlassen'; left behind a mark or trace
- ein
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an' in German
- rundes
- Round, circular in shape, adjective form here
- leuchtendes
- Glowing, shining brightly, adjective describing a mark
- Mal
- Mark, spot, or blemish left on a surface
- wie
- As, like, or how in a comparative context
- kurz
- Short, brief, or soon in terms of time
- darauf
- Thereafter, after that, referring to a subsequent moment
- herausfand
- Past tense of 'herausfinden'; found out or discovered something
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