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.

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

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