HAMLET
wahnsinnig - mad
der Zweifel - doubt
die Muschi - pussy
gebeten - past tense of bitten, which means to request
unschuldig - innocent/inculpable
Look back at my Professor Bernhardi vocab list as a reminder about un prefixes and the word schuldig.
tauschen - to swap/trade
der Becher - cup
EUROPEANA
Learned from the surtitles, in case anyone was wondering how I understood Czech. I didn't.
die Masse - bulk/mass/regiment/compound/earth
die Schaffenskraft - creative power/creativeness
Schaffen means to create. Kraft means power.
einkehren - to stop for a bite to eat
die Antibabypille - birth control pill
Another thing I love about German - the language is often very direct.
die Ampel - traffic light
Ampelmann! Traffic light man!
die Sägespänen - sawdust
die Truppen - troops/forces
platt - flat
WK - abbreviation for World War, Weltkrieg
litten - past tense of leiden, meaning to suffer
More on leiden in my previous vocab post.
die Kreissäge - circular saw/buzz saw
geschehen - to happen/to occur
der Weltraum - outerspace
Welt = world and Raum = room/space
siegen - to win/to conquer
HE? SHE? ME! FREE.
der Begriff - term/definition/concept
das Verhältnis - affair/relationship
genötigt - coerced/constrained
die Unterdrückung - repression/suppression/depression/oppression
Straf - correctional/punitive/penal
der Zwitter - hermaphrodite/intersex person
Note: I believe this word as well as the English translation "hermaphrodite" to have an attached stigma/derogatory connotation associated with it.
die Gesamtheit - entirety/totality
die Leidenschaft - passion/fervor
Leid just keeps resurfacing in more and more words!
der Verrat - betrayal
treiben - to force/to push
der Schwanz - cock/pecker/dong/weenie/knob/prick/putz/dick/weener
eben - flat/smooth/even
Before I peace out, I'd just like to say that I'm learning so much and it makes me so happy!!! Hope you are too!!
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