Post-Norwescon German geeking

[annathepiper]

Did some more reading of Der kleine Hobbit at Norwescon after my last posting, and got more or less through the first four pages of the text. This means I've actually finally gotten to the part where the story really begins, and Gandalf shows up on Bilbo's front doorstep to convince him to go on an adventure. ;) Here are the next set of words and points of puzzlement I've discovered.

ab und zu - Now and then.

ähnlich - Similar.

als - When/as.

Angehöriger - Relative.

angetapst - From context I get the idea that this must be related to the verb 'tappen', to fumble/grope, which was the only vaguely useful thing I found in my verb book. The relevant fragment is 'wenn großes dummes Volk wie du ind ich angetapst kommt'.

Anlagen - Makeup/predisposition.

augenscheinlich - This isn't in my dictionary, but if I break it down I get 'augen', eye, and 'schein', shine. Guessing that this must be 'apparently', based on the English text.

Ausgabe - Edition.

aussah - Past tense of 'aussehen', to look like.

baute - Past tense of 'bauen', to build.

behäbigen - Portly.

berühmte - Famous.

besonders - Especially.

bis - I hit this word already, but I'm noting it here again as 'until'.

dick(es) - Thick.

dort - There.

einmal - Once.

einzig - Only.

ergab - Past tense of 'ergeben', to arise.

etwa - About/perhaps.

fort - Away.

fortfahren - To continue.

geachtet - Guessing from previous observed words in the text: respected?

geheiratet - Married.

gemunkelt - Rumored. Used in 'Es wurde oft gemunkelt', it was often rumored.

genauso - Just the same.

genug - Enough.

geschickte - Clever.

Gesichter - Faces.

ging - Past tense of 'go'.

grundsoliden - Is this another example of poetic language? This breaks down into 'ground' and 'solid'.

gutmütige - Good-natured.

halten - To hold, to keep.

hauptsächlich - Main/mainly.

heimlich - Secret.

indessen - While/meanwhile.

irgendetwas - Something.

jedenfalls - In any case.

jemals - Ever.

jenseits - On the other side of.

kennen - To know. I actually knew this word already, but was surprised to see it used in the context of 'Schuhe kennen sie überhaupt nicht'--which I am reading as 'they are altogether unacquainted with shoes'.

kleiden - To dress. Used in 'Sie kleiden sich', they clothe/dress themselves.

kostspieligste - I'm guessing at this one, but I bet it's costly/expensive.

kraus - Frizzy.

lachen - To laugh.

Lachen - Laugh.

lederartige - Leathery.

leuchtende - Shining.

Magengegend - Stomach area.

Mahlzeiten - Mealtimes.

-mäßig - -like.

Mittagessen - Lunch.

nachdem - After.

oberhalb - Above.

obgleich - Although.

Radau - Din, racket.

saftig(es) - Juicy, which is a weird word choice as it is being used to describe the laugh of a hobbit, but the English original says 'fruity'.

schmalen - Slender, narrow.

sei - This appears to be the subjunctive tense of 'sein'. Context: 'das sei vorest genug'... 'that will be enough for the time being'.

sich benahm - Past tense of 'sich benehmen', to behave.

sich stürzen - Throw oneself into.

sicherlich - Certainly.

Sohlen - Soles.

Tatsache - Fact.

teilweise - Partially/partly.

übernommen hatte - Pluperfect tense for 'übernehmen', to take over'.

Unsinn - Nonsense.

unterhalb - Under.

unzweifelhaft - Undoubtedly/without a doubt.

vertuschte - Past tense of 'vertuschen', to hush up.

verwickelt - Another word that seems to mean 'be involved in/with'.

vorerst - For the time being.

wachsen - To grow. This confused the hell out of me as on first reading, I thought this word was 'waschen', to wash, and that read just entirely wrong. ;)

wahrscheinlich - Probable.

Wunderliches - I can tell that the root of this is 'wunder', which is 'wonder', but this word is clearly being used as a noun: 'irgendetwas Wunderliches in seinen Anlagen'.

wunderschönen - Beautiful.

Zeug - Stuff.

zur Ruhe - To rest?

Zweite - Second.