The Frontier Flashcards by s d

Q

Grenzland, Gebiet an der Siedlungsgrenze

A

frontier

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Ausbreitung

ausbreiten

A

Expansion

to expand

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Grenzer

Grenzbewohner

A

frontiersman

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Planwagen

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covered wagon

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Postkutsche

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stage-coach

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neue Gebiete erschließen

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to open up new territories

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gebietlich

regional

A

territorial

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Land bestellen

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to cultivate

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anbauen

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to grow

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unfruchtbar

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infertile

barren

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herausfordern

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to challenge

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Herausforderung

A

challenge

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die Prärie

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the prairie

the Plains

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ansiedeln

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to settle

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Siedlung

Siedler

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settlement

settler

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Vorkämpfer

Pionier

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pioneer

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Fallensteller

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trapper

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Händler

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trader

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behaupten

beanspruchen

A

to claim

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Land abstecken

Anrecht sichern

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to stake a claim

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etw. riskieren

A

to risk

to venture

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Kauf

etw. kaufen

A

purchase

to purchase

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annektieren

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to annex

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Aneignung

Annektierung

A

annexation

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abtreten

überlassen

A

to cede

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Büffel jagen

A

to hunt buffalo

Q

Jäger

A

hunter

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Jagdgründe

A

hunting-grounds

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Tierfell

A

hide

Q

erforschen

A

to explore

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Forscher

Erforschung

A

explorer

exploration

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ausrotten, vertilgen

Ausrottung

A

to exterminate

Extermination

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sich rächen

A

to revenge o. s. on
to take revenge
to retaliate

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verschwenden

Verschwendungssucht

A

to waste

wastefulness

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einheimisch

A

indigenous

native

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Indianer

amerikanischer Ureinwohner

A

Native American

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Stamm
adj. auf die eigene Gruppe bezogen
Stamm…

A

tribe

adj. tribal

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Stammesgebiet

A

tribal homeland

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Reservat

A

reservation

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jmd. den Besitz entziehen

enterben

A

to dispossess of

to deprive of

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heilig

A

sacred

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leben von

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to live off

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Krieger

A

warrior

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Kriegspfad

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war-path

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wild, grausam

n. der Wilde

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savage

n. savage

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formen, bilden

A

to mould (the American character)

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Gemeinschaftssinn

A

community spirit

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Selbsthilfe

A

self-help

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Selbstständigkeit

Selbstvertrauen

A

self-reliance

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gutnachbarliches Verhalten

A

neighbourliness

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Unternehmergeist

A

entrepreneurial spirit