thoughts from your fave german student
empfangen - to receive/ to welcome
das Bedauern - sorrow/regret/repentance
beleidigen - to insult/affront/offend
entschlossen - determined/resolute/strong-willed
der Vorschlag - proposal/suggestion/offer
berührt - touched/deeply moved/ disturbed
heftig - fierce/violent
stoßen - to push
enttäuscht - deeply disappointed/crestfallen
verlegenheit - embarrassment
schlau - clever
der Sitzungssaal - boardroom/conference room
der Unsinn - nonsense/rubbish
Un is a prefix shared by German and English speakers, used to negate something. Sinn means sense or meaning. Negate that, and you get nonsense. German has some pretty cool un words. One of my favorites is Untier. Tier means animal, and Untier ("un-animal," if you will) means monster or beast.
die Kraft - power
einladen - to invite round
die Störung - disturbance/disruption
die Unterstellung - allegation
die Ankündigung - announcement/notice
der Antrag - proposal/offer
schuldig - guilty/culpable/blame worthy
Remember Entschuldigung? That's what you say when you bump into someone or need to get through. It's like the casual "sorry!" we use in English. Isn't it interesting how a simple phrase can hold as heavy a meaning as guilty or blame worthy?
das Urteil - verdict/sentence
abstimmen - to vote
die Abteilung - ward
das Bedürfnis - need/want
merkwürdig - strange/odd
der Heilige - saint
gebieten - to command/to demand
die Selbsttäuschung - self-delusion/self-deception
das Mitleid - pity
One of my favorite things about German is that smaller words get pushed together to create bigger words. This is an interesting one. Leid means suffering or sorrow. Mit means with. Mit + leid = suffering with.
die Grenzen - limitation
die Gelegenheit - opportunity/occasion
der Nachtrag - addition/addendum
Nach means after!
die Einbildung - imagination/fantasy
Ein means one, or a, Bildung can mean creation.
wahrscheinlich - probably/likely
Wahr means true or real.
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