Schweiz Folie: Wortschatz Flashcards
die Flagge, -n
Flag
die Schweizerfahne (nur Sg.)
Flag of Switzerland
der Grieche, -n
Greek
die Gebietskörperschaft, -en
Territorial entity
unterteilen
to divide, to subdivide, to compartmentalize
die Verteilung, -en
distribution, dispersion
mehrsprachig
polyglot, multilingual
mehrheitlich
predominantly, mostly
die Romandie
Romandy (French speaking part of Switzerland)
Räter (Pl.
Räetia
(Raetia was a province of the Roman Empire, named after the Rhaetian people. It bordered on the west with the country of the Helvetii, on the east with Noricum, on the north with Vindelicia, on the south-west with Transalpine Gaul and on the south with Venetia et Histria, a region of Roman Italy.) WIKI
vorromanisch
pre-Romanesque
(Pre-Romanesque art and architecture is the period in European art from either the emergence of the Merovingian kingdom in about 500 AD or from the Carolingian Renaissance in the late 8th century, to the beginning of the 11th century Romanesque period.)
das Graubünden
Canton of Grisons
ansässig
resident, located
die Dolomiten (nur Sg.)
Dolomite Alps
Friaulisch
Friulian Language (Spoken in northern Italy)
vereinzelt
scattered, isolated
die Tälern (Pl.)
Valleys
die Romanisierung, -en
Romanization
die Überschreitung, -en
Transgression, Overriding
der Alemanne, -n
Alemanni
(The Alemanni (also known as the Alamanni and the Alamans, meaning “All Men” or “Men United”) were a confederacy of Germanic-speaking people who occupied the regions south of the Main and east of the Rhine rivers in present-day Germany)
die Gründung, -en
Inception, Foundation
die Eidgenossenschaft, -en
Confederation (Swiss Confederation)
der Anschluss, die Anschlüsse
Connection, Port,Terminal
Ennetbirgische
(Transalpine campaigns of the Old Swiss Confederacy)
der Feldzug, die Feldzüge
Campaigns, expedition
der Eidgenosse, -n
Swiss Confederates
erobern, eroberte, erobert
to conquer, to capture
das Erobern
the Conquering
Das Tessin
Tessin Alps (Ticino is an Italian-speaking region in southern Switzerland with palm-lined lakes and sharp Alpine peaks. Its architecture, cuisine and culture is closely related to that of neighboring Italy. Bellinzona, the capital of Ticino, is home to medieval castles. Lugano, a town on glacial Lake Lugano, is known for its waterfront promenade and Piazza della Riforma, a square lined with neoclassical buildings. )
die Vogtei, -en
Guardianship, Governorship
zuwiesen, zuwies/ wies zu, zugewiesen
to allocate, to assign
die Verwaltungsangestellte, -n
Administrative staff
der Vasallenstaat, -en
Vassal state
(: a state with varying degrees of independence in its internal affairs but dominated by another state in its foreign affairs and potentially wholly subject to the dominating state.)
Der Tyrannenmörder, die Tyrannenmörder
Tyrannicide
Definition of tyrannicide
1 : the act of killing a tyrant.
verweigern, verweigerte, verweigert
to refuse, to deny
habsburgischen
Habsburg
(The House of Habsburg, alternatively spelled Hapsburg in English, also known as the House of Austria, is an Austrian and Spanish dynasty which was once one of the most prominent royal houses of Europe in the 2nd millennium.)
der Landvogt, die Landvögte
provincial governor, bailiff
(an official employed by a British sheriff to serve writs and make arrests and executions. b : a minor officer of some U.S. courts usually serving as a messenger or usher. 2 chiefly British : one who manages an estate or farm. Other Words from bailiff Example Sentences Learn More About bailiff.)
Gessler
(A place)
die Strafe, -n
Punishment, Penalty
der Vogt, die Vögte
Reeve (a local official), Governor, Steward
Küssnacht
Village in Switzerland
überführt als Adjektiv
convicted, found guilty
überführen, überführte, überführt
to convict, to transfer
entkommen, entkam, entkommen
to escape, to elude (jemandem)
lauern, lauerte, gelauert
to lurk, to skulk
die Gasse, -n
Alleyway, Alley
der Rütlischwur, die Rütlischwüre
Rütli Oath
(The Rütlischwur is the legendary oath taken at the foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy by the representatives of the three founding cantons, Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, traditionally dated to 1307. It is named after the site of the oath taking, the Rütli, a meadow above Lake Uri near Seelisberg.)
der Schutzbund, e
Protection association
der Urkanton, -e
Original Canton
die Legende, -n
Legend, Key
die Not, die Nöte
Distress, Hardship
das Rütli
Rütli
Rütli or Grütli is a mountain meadow on Lake Lucerne, in the Seelisberg municipality of the Swiss canton of Uri. It is the site of the Rütlischwur in traditional Swiss historiography, the oath marking the foundation of the original Swiss Confederacy. As such it is treated as a national monument of Switzerland
trennen, trennte, getrennt
to separate, to divorce
die Gefahr, -en
Peril, Hazard, Danger
eher
rather, sooner
die Knechtschaft, -en
Servitude, Subjugation
die Einsprachigkeit, -
Monolingualism
anderssprachige
foreign-language; in / of other languages
die Untertan, -en
Subjects (of a monarch)
Zugewandt
facing, caring
die Durchsetzung, -en
Enforcement, Implementation
die Aufnahme, -n
Intake, admission, inscription
die Kenntnis, -se
Knowing, Knowledge, Acquaintance
die Mehrsprachigkeit, -
Multilingualism
die Amtssprache, -n
Administrative language
der Verkehr, die Verkehre
Communication
bestimmen, bestimmte, bestimmt
to determine, to decide
das Einvernehmen
Agreement, Understanding
die Sprachgemeinschaft, -en
language community
wahren, wahrte, gewahrt
to keep, to preserve, to protect
herkömmlich
conventional, traditional
die Zusammensetzung, -en
Composition, Structure
das Gebiet, -e
Area
die Rücksicht, -en
Consideration, Concern
angestammt
ancestral, hereditary
die Verständigung, -en
Rapprochement, understanding
der Bund, -e
Association, Federation
fördern, fördete, gefördert
to promote, to encourage
