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One sentence of «Der süße Brei»
Sentence 5 of 6 · Der süße Brei, Brüder Grimm
Also kocht es fort, und der Brei steigt über den Rand hinaus und kocht immer zu, die Küche und das ganze Haus voll, und das zweite Haus und dann die Straße, als wollts die ganze Welt satt machen, und ist die größte Not, und kein Mensch weiß sich da zu helfen.
So it goes on cooking, and the porridge rises up over the rim and keeps on cooking, filling the kitchen and the whole house, and the second house and then the street, as if it wanted to feed the whole world; and there is the greatest distress, and not a soul knows what to do about it.
Where it stands
The girl brought the pot home to her mother, and now they were rid of their poverty and their hunger, and ate sweet porridge as often as they liked.
One time the girl had gone out, and then the mother said “Little pot, cook,” and it cooks, and she eats her fill; now she wants the little pot to stop again, but she does not know the word.
At last, when only a single house is left, the child comes home and says nothing but “Little pot, stop,” and it stops and leaves off cooking; and whoever wanted to get back into the town had to eat their way through.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Also | also | so, therefore, thus (adv./conj.; NOT English 'also') |
| kocht | kochen | to cook, boil (v.) |
| es | es | it (pers. pron., 3rd sg. n.) |
| fort | fort | on, onwards (adv./separable particle) |
| und | und | and (conj.) |
| der | der | the (def. art.); who, which, that (rel. pron.); that one (dem. pron.) |
| Brei | Brei | porridge, mush (n., m.) |
| steigt | steigen | to climb, mount, descend (v., irregular) |
| über | über | over, about, across (prep., dat./acc.) |
| Rand | Rand | edge, rim, brink (n., m.) |
| hinaus | hinaus | out, outside (adv., outwards away from the speaker) |
| immer | immer | always; „noch immer“ = still (adv.) |
| zu | zu | on, on and on (adv.) |
| Küche | Küche | kitchen (n., f.) |
| ganze | ganz | whole, entire (adj.); completely (adv.) |
| Haus | Haus | house (n., n.) |
| voll | voll | full, full of (adj.) |
| zweite | zweite | second (ordinal adj.) |
| dann | dann | then (adv.) |
| Straße | Straße | street, road (n., f.) |
| als | als | as if (conj.) |
| wollts | wollen | to want, wish, intend (modal v.) |
| Welt | Welt | world (n., f.) |
| satt | satt | sated, full, having had one's fill (adj.; + genitive: Goldes satt = sated with gold) |
| machen | machen | to make, do (v.); „sich an jemanden machen“ = to go up to someone; with a stranded „auf“ (aufmachen) = to open, and „sich auf den Weg machen“ = to set out |
| ist | sein | to be (v.); also: his, its (poss. det., 3rd sg. m./n.) |
| größte | groß | big, large, great, tall (adj.) |
| Not | Not | distress, dire need, straits (n., f.) |
| kein | kein | no, not a, none (neg. det./pron.) |
| Mensch | Mensch | human being, person, man (n., m.) |
| weiß | wissen | know(s) — ich weiß, er/sie weiß, from wissen; in «weiß gedeckt», white |
| sich | sich | himself, herself, itself, themselves (refl. pron.) |
| da | da | there, then (adv.); since, because (conj.) |
| zu | zu | to, at (prep., dat.); too (adv.); the infinitive marker |
| helfen | helfen | to help (v., takes dative) |
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