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erschaffen, erschuf, erschaffen

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to create

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erhalten

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to get, receive, preserve, obtain

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heidnische

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pagan, heathen, gentile

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der Säulenwald (-älder)

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forest of columns, pillar-forest

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der Schlussstein (-e)

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cornerstone, capstone

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zuwölben

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to arch toward, curve toward

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die Verherrlichung (-en)

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glorification, doxology

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die Heilsgeschichte

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salvation history

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die Unübersichtlichkeit

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obscurity, confusion

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drehen

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to turn, twist, spin

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die Niederringung (-en)

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wrestling down, subjugation

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von urher (adv.)

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from forever ago, from time immemorial

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erdenken, erdachte, erdacht

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to conceive, devise

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auf ihn hin

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toward him

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von vornherein (adv.)

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from the outset, a priori

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es gilt

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this is true

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durchherrschend

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thoroughly ruling, dominating exceptionlessly

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einheitlich

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unified

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innerhalb

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within, inside

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das Untertansein

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state of subjection, subordination

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die Willigkeit

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willingness

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die Gnade

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grace, mercy

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aufnehmen

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to include, receive, assimilate

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die Vorspende (-n)

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first-bestowal, preliminary offering

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die Vollspende (-n)
full-bestowal, full offering
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Auferstehung
rising, resurrection
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der Leib
belly, body
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leibhaft or leibhaftig
incarnate
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unterwerfen, unterwarf, unterworfen
to subjugate, subdue
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durchwalten lassen
to hold sway
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durchwalten
to pervade, to permeate
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spüren
feel, notice, perceive
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von... an
from x onward
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widerwillig
unwilling
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anerkennen
to recognize, acknowledge
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überwältigt
overwhelming
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gleichfalls
likewise
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das Knie
knee
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beugen
to bend, bow, flex
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hergeben
to hand over, give over, yield
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umklammern
to clasp, comprise
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zuordnen
to allocate, allot, attach, relate
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gesamthaft
altogether, overall
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des Neuen Äons
why is Neuen capitalized?
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der Durchbruch
breakthrough, penetration, gap, perforation
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vor allem
above all
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die Machtkundgabe (-n)
announcement of power, proclamation of might
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verdeutlichen
to clarify, explain
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mitteilen
to inform, tell, convey, impart
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erheben, erhob, erhoben
to elevate, raise up, (refl.) to rise, soar
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gleichsehr
equally, just as much, in the same degree
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Auseinandersetzung
argument, dispute
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ebensowenig
just as little
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übrig
remaining, left, odd, spare
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das Motiv
motif, theme
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ausklammern
to ignore, exclude, disregard
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unentbehrlich
indispensable, essential
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Entmythisierung
demythologization
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herausoperieren
to remove surgically
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platt
flat
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verwandeln
to convert, transform
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diesen
acc. masc.
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heißen
to mean, to be
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Diesen... verwandeln
not sure how this sentence hangs together grammatically
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erweisen
to prove to be (refl.), to demonstrate, to render
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ebenso
equally, as much
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festhalten
to adhere, retain
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allestötend
all-killing, all-destroying
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daher
therefore
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ahnend
guessing, foreboding
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Umschreibung
paraphrase, circumlocution,
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ungeschickt
awkward, clumsy
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wie überhaupt
as generally – comparative
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etw. beheimaten
to be a home to s.t.
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mitteninne
midway
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allvergötternd
totally divinizing
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allentgötternd
totally de-divinizing
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am nächsten kommen
to come as close as possible to +dat.
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die Ahnenreihe (-n)
genealogy, ancestral line
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zuletzt
at last
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zurückfuhren
to refer
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Anwesenheit
presence
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beinah
almost, nearly
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bruchlos
seamlessly, uninterruptedly
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übergehen
omit, cross over, exchange, descend
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vorstellen
to present, introduce, imagine
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sonstig
other, miscellaneous
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der Vorsteher
presider, chief
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kurzschlüssig
short-circuiting, bypassing
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warnen vor
to warn against
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im übrigen
otherwise
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begegnen
to encounter, occur, come across as
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Gattung
kind, sort
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Vertreter
exemplar, agent, representative
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usf.
und so fort
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wesen
sometimes used à la Heidegger “is-ing”
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obschon
although, albeit
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untertan
subject, subordinate
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Eigenmacht
interference, vigilantism
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verfallen sein
(+dat.) = to fall for someone, be addicted to something
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allerart
assorted, of all kinds
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erzeugen
to generate, beget
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Bemächtigung
mastery, control
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äussern
express
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gesetzmissbrauch
misuse of the law
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überwältigend
overwhelming, overpowering
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Das Überwältigende
the overpowering aspect
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hinreißend
ravishing, captivating
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Depotenzierung
the unpowering, de-powering
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anzeigen
indicate
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zählen
to ascribe
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unausweichbar
inescapable, ineluctable
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verlocken
to allure
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drohend
angrily
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wiesehr
just how much, the extent to which
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zahllos
countless
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ausstrahlen
to broadcast, to emanate
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bestimmen
to determine
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das Gespür
feeling, intuition, sense
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ablesen
to read off of, gather, infer
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zusichern
to pledge, warrant
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unfehlbar
infallible
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der Untergang
doom, demise
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der Mörder
murderer
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bannen
spellbind, exorcise, excommunicate
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entmachten
to strip of power, enervate
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berauben
to rob
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stillegen
decommission
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entwaffnen
disarm
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an den Pranger stellen
to pillory, to shame
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Entlarvung
unmasking
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Ans-Lichtziehen
an das Licht ziehen = to draw into the light
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bedrohlich
threatening
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undurchsichtig
opaque, refractory to sight/reason
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zehren
to sap, draw on
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ausliefern
to deliver, hand over