2017 Leseverständnis I

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2017 Leseverständnis I German Leaving Cert

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German	English	Category
die Kochecke	kitchen nook	noun
unterschieden	distinguished	adjective
stattdessen	instead of that	adverb
der Abenteuerroman	adventure novel	noun
viermal	four times	adverb
das Amtsgebäude	official building	noun
der Stempel	stamp	noun
der Kugelschreiber	ballpoint pen	noun
das Formular	form	noun
durchsehen	to review	verb
ausgefüllt	filled in	adjective
nach etwas suchen	to look for something	verb
die Abteilung	department	noun
weitersenden	to forward	verb
der Staatsangestellter	gov. employee	noun
unkündbar	un-fireable	adjective
die Pension	guesthouse, B&B	adjective
hügelig	hilly	adjective
die Landschaft	countryside	noun
taub	deaf	adjective
ehemalig	former	adjective
der Lokomotivführer	engine driver	noun
mitbringen	to bring along	verb
abonnieren	to subscribe to	verb
das Mitglied	member	noun
der Buchklub	book club	noun
jährlich	annually	adverb
der Katalog	catalogue	noun
geschehen	to happen	verb
kreuzen	to cross	verb
bekannt	well-known	adjective
die Fabrik	factory	noun
verlobt	engaged	adjective
unschön	unpleasant	adjective
der Streit	argument	noun
der Verlobter	fiancé (male)	noun
nachhängen	to dwell on	verb
halbblind	half-blind	adjective
die Tränen	tears	noun
tippen	to type	verb
die Reihe	row	noun
die Zahl	number	noun
drücken	to press	verb
die Taste	computer key	noun
sofort	immediately	adverb
rasen	to race	verb
der Impuls	signal, pulse	noun
der Tropfen	drop	noun
erreichen	to reach	verb
der Donnerschlag	clap of thunder	noun
der Widerschein	reflection	noun
der Blitz	lightning	noun
das Dach	roof	noun
trommeln	to drum	verb
die Scheibe	pane of glass	noun
lärmen	to make noise	verb
in Bewegung sein	to be in motion	phrase
immer noch	still	adverb
sanft	gently	adverb
die Krawatte	tie	noun
das Hinausgehen	exiting, leaving	noun
treten auf	to step on	verb
die Broschüre	brochure	noun
der Prospekt	leaflet	noun
der Kontoauszug	bank statement	noun
erstaunt	astonished	adjective
verwirrt	confused	adjective
plötzlich	suddenly	adverb
schwanken	to sway	verb
hektisch	frantically	adverb
starren auf	to stare at	verb
vorsichtig	carefully	adverb
zählen	to count	verb
die Summe	sum	noun
steigen	to increase	verb
der Irrtum	error	noun
der Druckfehler	misprint, typo	noun
zumindest	at least	adverb
der Versuch	attempt, try	noun
wagen	to dare	verb
der Scherz	joke	noun
auflösen	to close, terminate	verb
wohl	probably	adverb
merken	to notice	verb
losgehen	to get going	verb
zuerst	at first	adverb
silbern	silver	adjective
das Gebäude	building	noun
kristallhell	crystalline	adjective
glänzend	gleaming	adjective
der Reichtum	wealth	noun
die Eleganz	elegance	noun
gläsern	glassy	adjective
eintreten	to come in	verb
nesteln an	to fiddle with	verb
der Schalter	counter, desk	noun
klopfen	to beat, to knock	verb
der Hals	throat	noun
dröhnend	roaring, droning	adjective
nicken	to nod	verb
ratlos	puzzled, helpless	adjective
der Marmor	marble	noun
der Geldschein	bank note	noun
geradeaus	straight ahead	adverb
poliert	polished	adjective
spiegelnd	reflective	adjective
die Wagentür	car door	noun

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2017 Leseverständnis I German Leaving Cert