Wuthering Heights — Page 5
Meanwhile, the young man had slung on to his person a decidedly shabby upper garment, and, erecting himself before the blaze, looked down on me from the corner of his eyes, for all the world as if there were some mortal feud unavenged between us.
Inzwischen hatte der junge Mann ein ausgesprochen schäbiges Oberkleid übergeworfen und sich vor dem Feuer aufgerichtet, von wo er mich aus den Augenwinkeln anblickte, ganz so, als ob irgendeine tödliche Fehde zwischen uns ungesühnt geblieben wäre.
I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic's assiduity in attending on the lady of the house.
Ich begann zu zweifeln, ob er ein Diener sei oder nicht: seine Kleidung und seine Sprache waren beide grob, völlig ohne die Überlegenheit, die bei Herrn und Frau Heathcliff zu beobachten war; seine dicken braunen Locken waren ungepflegt und verwildert, sein Backenbart wucherte bärenhaft über seine Wangen, und seine Hände waren gebräunt wie die eines gewöhnlichen Arbeiters: dennoch war seine Haltung frei, fast hochmütig, und er zeigte nichts von der Dienstfertigkeit eines Hausbediensteten gegenüber der Herrin des Hauses.
In the absence of clear proofs of his condition, I deemed it best to abstain from noticing his curious conduct; and, five minutes afterwards, the entrance of Heathcliff relieved me, in some measure, from my uncomfortable state.
Da klare Beweise über seinen Stand fehlten, hielt ich es für das Beste, sein merkwürdiges Benehmen zu übergehen; und fünf Minuten später erlöste mich Heathcliffs Eintreten in gewissem Maße aus meiner unbehaglichen Lage.
Do you know that you run a risk of being lost in the marshes?
Wissen Sie, dass Sie Gefahr laufen, sich in den Mooren zu verirren?
Vocabulary
- Inzwischen
- Meanwhile, in the intervening time
- hatte
- Had; past tense of 'haben'
- der
- The; definite article, masculine nominative
- junge
- Young; adjective describing youth
- Mann
- Man; adult male person
- ein
- A, an; indefinite article
- ausgesprochen
- Distinctly, decidedly; used as intensifying adverb
- schäbiges
- Shabby, worn-out; describing poor condition of clothing
- Oberkleid
- Outer garment worn over other clothing
- übergeworfen
- Thrown on; casually put on over other clothes
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- sich
- Himself, herself, itself; reflexive pronoun
- vor
- Before, in front of; preposition of position
- dem
- The; definite article dative masculine/neuter
- Feuer
- Fire; flames used for warmth or light
- aufgerichtet
- Straightened up; positioned oneself upright
- von
- From, of; preposition indicating origin or relation
- wo
- Where; relative or interrogative adverb of place
- er
- He; third-person masculine singular pronoun
- mich
- Me; first-person singular accusative pronoun
- aus
- From, out of; preposition indicating direction or origin
- den
- The; definite article dative plural or accusative masculine
- Augenwinkeln
- Corners of the eyes; peripheral visual field
- anblickte
- Gazed at, looked at; past tense of 'anblicken'
- ganz
- Quite, entirely; intensifying adverb
- so
- So, thus; adverb of manner or degree
- als
- As, than, when; conjunction of comparison or time
- ob
- Whether, as if; subordinating conjunction
- irgendeine
- Some, any; indefinite pronoun indicating unspecified thing
- tödliche
- Deadly, fatal; adjective describing lethal quality
- Fehde
- Feud; prolonged hostile conflict between parties
- zwischen
- Between; preposition indicating position among two things
- uns
- Us; first-person plural dative/accusative pronoun
- ungesühnt
- Unatoned, unavenged; not yet made right or punished
- geblieben
- Remained, stayed; past participle of 'bleiben'
- wäre
- Would be; subjunctive form of 'sein'
- Ich
- I; first-person singular subject pronoun
- begann
- Began; simple past of 'beginnen'
- zu
- To; preposition or infinitive marker
- zweifeln
- To doubt; to be uncertain about something
- Diener
- Servant; person employed to serve others
- sei
- Be; subjunctive present of 'sein'
- oder
- Or; disjunctive coordinating conjunction
- nicht
- Not; negation particle
- seine
- His; possessive pronoun third-person masculine
- Kleidung
- Clothing, attire; garments worn on the body
- Sprache
- Language, speech; system of communication
- waren
- Were; past tense plural of 'sein'
- beide
- Both; referring to two things together
- grob
- Coarse, rough; lacking refinement or politeness
- völlig
- Completely, totally; adverb of completeness
- ohne
- Without; preposition indicating absence
- die
- The; definite article feminine or plural
- Überlegenheit
- Superiority; quality of being above others
- bei
- At, by, with; preposition of proximity
- Herrn
- Mr., gentleman; dative/accusative of 'Herr'
- Frau
- Woman, Mrs.; adult female or title of address
- beobachten
- To observe, watch; to pay close attention to
- war
- Was; simple past singular of 'sein'
- dicken
- Thick, heavy; adjective in inflected form
- braunen
- Brown; color adjective in inflected form
- Locken
- Curls; ringlets of hair
- ungepflegt
- Unkempt, neglected; not properly groomed or maintained
- verwildert
- Wild, disheveled; grown wild and untended
- sein
- His, its; possessive pronoun or infinitive 'to be'
- über
- Over, across, about; preposition of position
- Wangen
- Cheeks; sides of the face
- Hände
- Hands; plural of 'Hand'
- gebräunt
- Tanned, browned; darkened by sun exposure
- wie
- Like, as, how; conjunction of comparison
- eines
- Of a; genitive indefinite article
- gewöhnlichen
- Ordinary, common; inflected form of 'gewöhnlich'
- Arbeiters
- Worker's; genitive of 'Arbeiter', laborer
- dennoch
- Nevertheless, yet; concessive adverb
- Haltung
- Posture, attitude; manner of holding oneself
- frei
- Free, unrestrained; independent in manner or movement
- fast
- Almost, nearly; adverb of approximation
- hochmütig
- Arrogant, haughty; displaying excessive pride
- zeigte
- Showed; simple past of 'zeigen'
- nichts
- Nothing; pronoun indicating absence of anything
- gegenüber
- Opposite, toward; preposition indicating relation or position
- Herrin
- Mistress, lady of the house; female master
- des
- Of the; genitive definite article masculine/neuter
- Hauses
- Of the house; genitive of 'Haus'
- Da
- Since, as, there; causal or locative conjunction
- klare
- Clear; adjective in inflected form
- Beweise
- Evidence, proofs; plural of 'Beweis'
- seinen
- His; accusative masculine possessive pronoun
- Stand
- Status, standing; social rank or position
- fehlten
- Were lacking, missing; past tense of 'fehlen'
- hielt
- Held, considered; simple past of 'halten'
- ich
- I; first-person singular pronoun
- es
- It; third-person neuter pronoun
- für
- For; preposition of purpose or benefit
- das
- The, that; definite article or demonstrative pronoun
- Beste
- Best; superlative of 'gut' used as noun
- merkwürdiges
- Strange, peculiar; noteworthy and odd behavior
- Benehmen
- Behavior, conduct; manner of acting toward others
- übergehen
- To pass over, ignore; to skip or disregard something
- fünf
- Five; cardinal number
- Minuten
- Minutes; plural unit of time
- später
- Later; comparative adverb of time
- erlöste
- Relieved, rescued; past tense of 'erlösen'
- Eintreten
- Entering; act of stepping or walking into a room
- in
- In, into; preposition of location or direction
- gewissem
- Certain; dative form of 'gewiss'
- Maße
- Measure, degree; extent or level of something
- meiner
- My; genitive or dative feminine possessive pronoun
- unbehaglichen
- Uncomfortable, uneasy; inflected form of 'unbehaglich'
- Lage
- Situation, position; circumstances one finds oneself in
- Wissen
- Know; do you know; knowledge or awareness
- Sie
- You (formal); polite second-person pronoun
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- Gefahr
- Danger, risk; threat of harm or peril
- laufen
- To run, to risk; infinitive of motion or risk verb
- Mooren
- Moors; dative plural of 'Moor', boggy landscapes
- verirren
- To get lost; to lose one's way
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