Wuthering Heights — Page 1
Yesterday afternoon set in misty and cold.
Der gestrige Nachmittag war neblig und kalt.
I had half a mind to spend it by my study fire, instead of wading through heath and mud to Wuthering Heights.
Ich hatte halb und halb Lust, ihn am Kaminfeuer meines Arbeitszimmers zu verbringen, anstatt mich durch Heide und Schlamm nach Wuthering Heights zu kämpfen.
On coming up from dinner, however, (N.B.—I dine between twelve and one o'clock; the housekeeper, a matronly lady, taken as a fixture along with the house, could not, or would not, comprehend my request that I might be served at five)—on mounting the stairs with this lazy intention, and stepping into the room, I saw a servant-girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal-scuttles, and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished the flames with heaps of cinders.
Als ich jedoch vom Mittagessen heraufkam, (N.B. — ich speise zwischen zwölf und ein Uhr; die Haushälterin, eine matronenhafte Dame, die als festes Inventar zum Haus gehört, konnte oder wollte meine Bitte, um fünf Uhr bedient zu werden, nicht verstehen) — als ich also mit dieser faulen Absicht die Treppe hinaufstieg und das Zimmer betrat, sah ich ein Dienstmädchen auf den Knien, umgeben von Bürsten und Kohlenkästen, das einen höllischen Staub aufwirbelte, während es die Flammen mit Häufen von Asche erstickte.
This spectacle drove me back immediately; I took my hat, and, after a four-miles' walk, arrived at Heathcliff's garden-gate just in time to escape the first feathery flakes of a snow shower.
Dieser Anblick trieb mich sofort zurück; ich nahm meinen Hut und kam nach einem vier Meilen langen Spaziergang gerade noch rechtzeitig an Heathcliffs Gartenpforte an, um den ersten zarten Flocken eines Schneeschauers zu entgehen.
On that bleak hill top the earth was hard with a black frost, and the air made me shiver through every limb.
Auf jenem öden Hügelkamm war die Erde von einem schwarzen Frost hart gefroren, und die Luft ließ mich an allen Gliedern zittern.
Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled.
Da ich die Kette nicht lösen konnte, sprang ich hinüber und lief den mit Steinplatten gepflasterten Weg hinauf, der von wild wuchernden Stachelbeerbüschen gesäumt war, und klopfte vergeblich um Einlass, bis meine Knöchel brannten und die Hunde heulten.
At least, I would not keep my doors barred in the day-time.
Zumindest würde ich meine Türen am Tage nicht verriegelt halten.
So resolved, I grasped the latch and shook it vehemently.
So entschlossen, ergriff ich die Klinke und schüttelte sie heftig.
Vocabulary
- gestrige
- Of or relating to yesterday
- Nachmittag
- The afternoon, time after midday
- neblig
- Foggy, misty, characterized by heavy fog
- kalt
- Cold, having a low temperature
- halb
- Half, partly, used in expressions of degree
- Lust
- Desire, inclination, or mood to do something
- Kaminfeuer
- Fireplace fire, fire burning in a hearth
- Arbeitszimmers
- Genitive of study or home office room
- verbringen
- To spend time in a particular place or way
- anstatt
- Instead of, as an alternative to something
- Heide
- Moorland, open uncultivated land with heather
- Schlamm
- Mud, thick wet dirt or mire
- kämpfen
- To fight, struggle, or battle through something
- jedoch
- However, nevertheless, yet indicating contrast
- Mittagessen
- Lunch, the midday meal
- heraufkam
- Past tense of coming up from below
- speise
- I dine, eat a meal; first person singular
- zwischen
- Preposition meaning between two things or times
- Uhr
- Clock, watch; used to express time of day
- Haushälterin
- Housekeeper, woman who manages a household
- matronenhafte
- Matronly, having the dignified manner of an older woman
- Dame
- Lady, a woman of dignity or social standing
- festes
- Fixed, firm, permanent; adjective in strong form
- Inventar
- Inventory, fixture; something considered permanent property
- Haus
- House, home, building used as a residence
- gehört
- Belongs to; past participle of 'gehören'
- Bitte
- Request, plea; polite ask for something
- bedient
- Served, attended to; past participle of 'bedienen'
- verstehen
- To understand, comprehend something
- also
- So, therefore, thus indicating a conclusion
- faulen
- Lazy, idle; adjective describing sluggish intention
- Absicht
- Intention, purpose, deliberate plan of action
- Treppe
- Staircase, stairs leading between floors
- hinaufstieg
- Past tense of climbing up stairs or a hill
- Zimmer
- Room, an enclosed space inside a building
- betrat
- Past tense of 'betreten': entered a room or space
- Dienstmädchen
- Maidservant, female domestic servant in a household
- Knien
- Knees; dative plural form of 'Knie'
- umgeben
- Surrounded, encircled by something or someone
- Bürsten
- Brushes, tools used for cleaning or scrubbing
- Kohlenkästen
- Coal scuttles, boxes used for storing coal
- höllischen
- Hellish, infernal; intense and overwhelming in degree
- Staub
- Dust, fine dry particles settling on surfaces
- aufwirbelte
- Past tense of stirring up or swirling dust
- während
- While, during; conjunction indicating simultaneous events
- Flammen
- Flames, tongues of burning fire
- Häufen
- Heaps, piles of collected material
- Asche
- Ash, powdery residue left after burning
- erstickte
- Past tense of smothering or suffocating flames
- Anblick
- Sight, view; the act of seeing something
- trieb
- Past tense of 'treiben': drove, pushed, propelled
- sofort
- Immediately, at once, without delay
- zurück
- Back, in the reverse direction
- Hut
- Hat, a head covering worn outdoors
- Meilen
- Miles, plural of the unit of distance
- Spaziergang
- Walk, a leisurely stroll outdoors
- gerade
- Just, exactly, straight; barely or precisely in time
- rechtzeitig
- In time, punctually, before a deadline or moment
- Gartenpforte
- Garden gate, small entrance door to a garden
- zarten
- Tender, delicate, gentle; inflected adjective form
- Flocken
- Flakes, small light pieces such as snowflakes
- Schneeschauers
- Genitive of snow shower, a brief snowfall
- entgehen
- To escape, avoid, or evade something unpleasant
- jenem
- Dative demonstrative: that (over there)
- öden
- Bleak, barren, desolate; adjective in inflected form
- Hügelkamm
- Hilltop ridge, the crest or top of a hill
- Erde
- Earth, ground, soil
- Frost
- Frost, freezing cold that hardens surfaces
- hart
- Hard, solid, tough; also harsh or severe
- gefroren
- Frozen; past participle of 'frieren'
- Luft
- Air, the atmosphere; also a breeze or breath
- ließ
- Past tense of 'lassen': let, allowed, caused
- Gliedern
- Limbs, body parts; dative plural of 'Glied'
- zittern
- To shiver, tremble, shake from cold or fear
- Kette
- Chain, a series of linked metal rings
- lösen
- To loosen, undo, detach, or solve something
- sprang
- Past tense of 'springen': leaped, jumped
- hinüber
- Over, across to the other side
- Steinplatten
- Stone slabs, flat pieces of rock used for paving
- gepflasterten
- Paved, covered with stones or cobblestones
- Weg
- Path, way, road leading somewhere
- hinauf
- Up, upward in direction
- wild
- Wild, untamed, growing or behaving freely
- wuchernden
- Overgrown, rampantly spreading plants
- Stachelbeerbüschen
- Gooseberry bushes, thorny shrubs bearing small fruit
- gesäumt
- Lined, bordered; past participle of 'säumen'
- klopfte
- Past tense of knocking on a door or surface
- vergeblich
- In vain, futilely, without success or result
- Einlass
- Entry, admission, permission to enter a place
- Knöchel
- Knuckles or ankles; joints of fingers or feet
- brannten
- Past tense of burning; ached intensely with pain
- Hunde
- Dogs, plural of 'Hund'
- heulten
- Past tense of howling, as dogs or wolves do
- Zumindest
- At least, at the minimum
- würde
- Would; subjunctive/conditional form of 'werden'
- Türen
- Doors, plural of 'Tür'
- Tage
- Days, plural of 'Tag'
- verriegelt
- Bolted, locked shut with a bolt or bar
- halten
- To hold, keep, maintain in a particular state
- entschlossen
- Determined, resolute, firmly decided to act
- ergriff
- Past tense of 'ergreifen': seized, grabbed something
- Klinke
- Door handle or latch used to open a door
- schüttelte
- Past tense of shaking or rattling something forcefully
- heftig
- Vigorously, violently, with great force or intensity
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