LiebeIstFuerAlleDa_Donaukinder Flashcards
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Donauquell, dein Aderlass
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- Donauquell = Danube spring/source (noun, masculine, nominative case)
- dein Aderlass = your bloodletting (noun phrase, masculine, nominative case, metaphor for pollution)
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Wo Trost und Leid zerfließen
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- Wo = Where (relative pronoun)
- Trost und Leid = comfort and sorrow (noun phrase, masculine & neuter, subject)
- zerfließen = dissolve/melt away (verb, 3rd person plural, from ‘zerfließen’)
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Nichts gutes liegt verborgen nass
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- Nichts gutes = Nothing good (pronoun phrase, neuter, nominative case)
- liegt verborgen nass = lies hidden and wet (verb phrase, adjective ‘verborgen’ meaning hidden)
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In deinen feuchten Wiesen
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- In deinen feuchten Wiesen = In your damp meadows (prepositional phrase, dative case, plural noun ‘Wiesen’)
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Keiner weiß was hier geschah
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- Keiner = No one (pronoun, subject)
- weiß = knows (verb, 3rd person singular, from ‘wissen’)
- was hier geschah = what happened here (relative clause, past tense of ‘geschehen’)
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Die Fluten rostig rot
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- Die Fluten = The floods (noun, plural, nominative case)
- rostig rot = rust-red (adjective phrase)
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Die Fische waren atemlos
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- Die Fische = The fish (noun, plural, subject)
- waren atemlos = were breathless (verb phrase, adjective ‘atemlos’)
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Und alle Schwäne tot
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- Und alle Schwäne = And all swans (noun, plural, nominative case)
- tot = dead (adjective, predicate)
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An den Ufern in den Wiesen
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- An den Ufern = On the shores (prepositional phrase, dative case)
- in den Wiesen = in the meadows (prepositional phrase, dative case)
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Die Tiere wurden krank
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- Die Tiere = The animals (noun, plural, subject)
- wurden krank = became sick (verb phrase, past tense of ‘werden’)
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Aus den Auen in den Fluß
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- Aus den Auen = From the floodplains (prepositional phrase, dative case)
- in den Fluß = into the river (prepositional phrase, accusative case)
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Trieb abscheulicher Gestank
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- Trieb = Drifted (verb, 3rd person singular, past tense of ‘treiben’)
- abscheulicher Gestank = disgusting stench (noun phrase, masculine, nominative case)
13
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Wo sind die Kinder
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- Wo sind = Where are (verb phrase, interrogative)
- die Kinder = the children (noun, plural, nominative case)
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Niemand weiß was hier geschehen
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- Niemand = No one (pronoun, subject)
- weiß = knows (verb, 3rd person singular, from ‘wissen’)
- was hier geschehen = what happened here (relative clause, past participle ‘geschehen’)
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Keiner hat etwas gesehen
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- Keiner = No one (pronoun, subject)
- hat etwas gesehen = has seen anything (verb phrase, accusative pronoun ‘etwas’)
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Niemand hat etwas gesehen
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- Niemand = No one (pronoun, subject)
- hat etwas gesehen = has seen anything (verb phrase, accusative pronoun ‘etwas’)
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Mütter standen bald am Strom
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- Mütter = Mothers (noun, plural, subject)
- standen bald am Strom = soon stood by the river (verb phrase, prepositional phrase, dative case)
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Und weinten eine Flut
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- Und = And (conjunction)
- weinten eine Flut = cried a flood (verb phrase, noun ‘Flut’ meaning flood, accusative case, metaphorical use)
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Auf die Felder, durch die Deiche
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- Auf die Felder = Onto the fields (prepositional phrase, accusative case)
- durch die Deiche = through the dikes (prepositional phrase, accusative case)
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Stieg das Leid in alle Teiche
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- Stieg = Rose (verb, 3rd person singular, past tense of ‘steigen’)
- das Leid = the suffering (noun, neuter, subject)
- in alle Teiche = into all ponds (prepositional phrase, accusative case)
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Schwarze Fahnen auf der Stadt
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- Schwarze Fahnen = Black flags (noun, plural, nominative case)
- auf der Stadt = over the city (prepositional phrase, dative case)
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Alle Ratten fett und satt
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- Alle Ratten = All rats (noun, plural, subject)
- fett und satt = fat and full (adjective phrase)
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Die Brunnen giftig, allerort
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- Die Brunnen = The wells (noun, plural, subject)
- giftig = poisonous (adjective, predicate)
- allerort = everywhere (adverb, archaic)
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Und die Menschen zogen fort
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- Und = And (conjunction)
- die Menschen = the people (noun, plural, subject)
- zogen fort = moved away (verb phrase, past tense of ‘fortziehen’)
