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 Noth, 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.
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 | away, off, 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 | to, at (prep., dat.); too (adv.); the infinitive marker |
| 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 | when, as (conj.); than (after a comparative) |
| 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.) |
| Noth | Not | need, want, distress (n., f.) |
| kein | kein | no, not a, none (neg. det./pron.) |
| Mensch | Mensch | human being, person, man (n., m.) |
| weiß | weiß | white (adj.); identical in form to 'ich weiß' = I know (from wissen) |
| sich | sich | himself, herself, itself, themselves (refl. pron.) |
| da | da | there, then (adv.); since, because (conj.) |
| helfen | helfen | to help (v., takes dative) |
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