Foreign Language Flashcards
What is the german word for “experience”?
Erfahrung
What is german for crevice?
Bergschrund
Translatw the german word “Schlagwort”
Slogan
Donnerwetter (kind of storm)
Thunderstorm
German for “glacier”?
Gletscher
Aufforderung zum Tanz
Invitation to the Dance
German for “spirit” or “intellect”?
Geist
Wissenschaft
Science
“Greece” in German
Greichenland
French word that means “formerly” or “at another time”?
Autrefois
What kind of song is an “Abschiedslied”?
Farewell song
“Das Leben is die Liebe”
Life is love
“Half a cup” in french?
Une demie-tasse
“Schmetterling”
Butterfly :)
Roast in sweet-and-sour sauce (german name for)?
Sauerbraten
Loneliness in German
Einsamkeit
Cela va sans dire
That goes without saying
Business in french
Les affaires
“Incorrigible child” in french
Enfant terrible
Borgen macht sorgen
Borrowing makes sorrowing
Loin des yeux, loin du coeur
Out of sight, out of mind
Der Beweis
Der Nachweis
Der Erweis
Die Probe
Proof
Ad valorem
According to its value
Cela na fait rein
That makes no difference
Chef d’oeuvre
Masterpiece
German for slowly is…?
Langsam
What does “Erblichkeit” mean?
Heredity
Dichtung und Wahrheit
Poetry and Truth
Sans doute
Without doubt
Alma mater?
Bounteous mother
Translate the german word “tugend”
Virtue
Meaning of these words?
Schliessen Zuschliessen Abschliessen Verschliessen Zumachen
Close
Drang nach Oster?
Push (thrust) toward the East
Gedanke
Thought
Die Weisheit is nur in der Wahrheit
Wisdom lies only in truth
Sache? (German)
Thing (cause, matter)
“Dictatorship” in german
Diktatur
German for “homeland”?
Heimat
German term that means “in spite of that” or “nevertheless”?
Trotzdem
What is a german “dichter”?
Poet (writer)
Faulheit
Laziness
Volk der Dichter und Denker
Poets and thinkers
Translate the german word “Regisseur”
Director
“Empfindung” is German for what?
Sensation (feeling, emotion)
“Dolmetscher”
Translator (interpreter)
Das heisst
That is
What german word has these meanings?
Investigation
Science
Research
Forschung
What word from the french means a window on the slope of a roof?
Mansard
French for sherbet?
Sorbet
Bergsteiger
Mountain climbing
What three latin words that refer to an indispensable component literally mean “without which nothing”?
Sine qua non
L’etoile du nord
The North star
Latin for let the buyer beware
Caveat emptor
Pflicht is german for?
Duty
Du bist wie eine Blume
You are like a flower
Frisch begonnen, halb gewonnen
Well begun is half done
German word that means conflict, altercation, or quarrel
Streit
Vous devez prendre garde
You must be very careful
In the beginning in german
Am Anfang
Abendstern
Evening star
Baukunst
Architecture
French for power
Puissance
Gleich und gleich gesellt sich gern
Birds of a feather flock together
Der vorsatz
Der entschluss
Das ziel
Die absicht
Purpose
German for pain
Schmerz
German for assignment or homework?
Aufgabe
Bericht
Report
Sammlung
Collection
Tarnung
Camouflage (concealment)