der Kelch | goblet | |
verdammt | damned | |
der Bengel | rascal | as in, verdammten Bengel |
der Schwanz | tail | as in, Wurmschwanz. Also a colloquial term for a male appendage. |
wählerisch | picky | |
das Abflussrohr | drain | |
die Aufgabe | assignment | |
pflegen | to tend/nurse | as in, it is your Aufgabe to pflegen me (Voldemort). |
die stufe | step | |
knarren | to creak | plötzlich knarrt die Stufe |
mühselig | laborious | mühen is to labor, selig is blessed |
möglicherweise | possibly | |
verzichten | to relinquish | |
enttäuschen | to disappoint | |
das Zeichen | signal | as in, send the Zeichen to the other Deatheaters |
treten | to step | |
beiseite | aside | |
empfangen | to receive | |
der Albtraum | nightmare | |
aufwachen | to wake up | "Wach auf Ron!" (Hermione) |
der Wahnsinn | madness | "Wahnsinn!" (Ron) |
anziehen | to dress | |
prahlen | to brag |
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Vocabulary from HP4, part 1
The recent purchase of a "beamer" (word used by Germans for projector) has made dvd watching a dream. I made really good progress when I was spending a couple hours an evening watching German movies, so I popped in Harry Potter 4. Here is a list of German words that I didn't recognize, and their English definitions, from just the first 5 minutes.
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