Hamlet: Vokabelliste
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ähnlich (+ Dat.) | similar (to) |
begraben, er/sie/es begräbt, begrub, hat begraben; das Grab, ¨-er | to bury; grave |
begreifen, begriff, hat begriffen; der Begriff, -e | to comprehend, to grasp; concept, term |
(un)begrenzt; die Grenze, -n |
(un)limited; border, limit |
betrachten; die Betrachtung, -en | to contemplate; contemplation |
deprimiert; deprimierend | depressed; depressing |
das Elend; elend | utter misery; utterly miserable |
ertragen, er/sie/es erträgt, ertrug, hat ertragen | to bear (pain, humiliation, injustice, heat etc.) |
die Fähigkeit, -en | capacity, ability |
der Gedanke, -n | thought, idea |
das Gewissen | conscience |
herrlich | marvelous, wonderful |
das Meisterwerk, -e | masterpiece |
die Phantasie; phantasievoll; phantasielos | imagination, fantasy; imaginative; unimaginative |
das Schicksal | fate |
der Staub | dust |
der Tod | death |
träumen; der Traum, ¨-e | to dream; dream |
unendlich; endlich | infinite; finally, finite |
das Vorbild, -er; vorbildlich | model (based on which copies are made), role-model; exemplary |
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die Einbildungskraft | imaginative faculty |
feige; der Feigling, -e | cowardly; coward |
gut/schlecht gelaunt sein | to be in a good/bad mood |
das Gemüt, -er | very hard to translate…this refers to an aggregate of a person’s mental and spiritual faculties; “soul” sometimes comes close (er/sie hat viel Gemüt; ein Film fürs Gemüt); “disposition” sometimes comes close (er/sie hat ein gutes/ kindliches/ trauriges/ sonniges Gemüt); sometimes a person is referred to as “ein kindliches/ empfindliches [etc.] Gemüt.” “Gemütlichkeit” is an untranslatable German term for the cozy sense of belonging one might feel in a familiar and comfortable place among people one likes. |
das Geschick [not obsolete, but no longer in very common use] | fate |
das Gesicht, -er | face |
die Gestalt, -en; gestalten | form, shape [of a person or animal], figure [e.g. “an indistinct figure”]; to give form or shape to something, to organize, to structure (e.g. one’s life, or a room) |
der Lehm | clay |
das Loch, ¨-er | hole |
die Munterkeit | cheerfulness |
der Mut; mutig | courage; courageous |
die Rücksicht (nehmen) (auf) | (to have) consideration (for) (usually for other people, but also for e.g. the environment or situational constraints) |
der Schädel, – | skull |
der Selbstmord; S. begehen, beging S., hat S. begangen | suicide; to commit suicide |
der Spaßmacher, der Clown | jester, clown |
trefflich | splendid, excellent |
verstopfen | to stop up, to clog |
verwesen | to decompose, to decay [specifically in the sense of: decompose] |