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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

Das Mädchen brachte den Topf seiner Mutter heim, und nun waren sie ihrer Armut und ihres Hungers ledig und aßen süßen Brei so oft sie wollten.

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.

Auf eine Zeit war das Mädchen ausgegangen, da sprach die Mutter „Töpfchen, koche,“ da kocht es, und sie isst sich satt; nun will sie dass das Töpfchen wieder aufhören soll, aber sie weiß das Wort nicht.

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.

Endlich, wie nur noch ein einziges Haus übrig ist, da kommt das Kind heim, und spricht nur „Töpfchen, steh,“ da steht es und hört auf zu kochen; und wer wieder in die Stadt wollte, der musste sich durchessen.

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 printedDictionary formMeaning
Alsoalsoso, therefore, thus (adv./conj.; NOT English 'also')
kochtkochento cook, boil (v.)
esesit (pers. pron., 3rd sg. n.)
fortforton, onwards (adv./separable particle)
undundand (conj.)
derderthe (def. art.); who, which, that (rel. pron.); that one (dem. pron.)
BreiBreiporridge, mush (n., m.)
steigtsteigento climb, mount, descend (v., irregular)
überüberover, about, across (prep., dat./acc.)
RandRandedge, rim, brink (n., m.)
hinaushinausout, outside (adv., outwards away from the speaker)
immerimmeralways; „noch immer“ = still (adv.)
zuzuon, on and on (adv.)
KücheKüchekitchen (n., f.)
ganzeganzwhole, entire (adj.); completely (adv.)
HausHaushouse (n., n.)
vollvollfull, full of (adj.)
zweitezweitesecond (ordinal adj.)
danndannthen (adv.)
StraßeStraßestreet, road (n., f.)
alsalsas if (conj.)
wolltswollento want, wish, intend (modal v.)
WeltWeltworld (n., f.)
sattsattsated, full, having had one's fill (adj.; + genitive: Goldes satt = sated with gold)
machenmachento 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
istseinto be (v.); also: his, its (poss. det., 3rd sg. m./n.)
größtegroßbig, large, great, tall (adj.)
NotNotdistress, dire need, straits (n., f.)
keinkeinno, not a, none (neg. det./pron.)
MenschMenschhuman being, person, man (n., m.)
weißwissenknow(s) — ich weiß, er/sie weiß, from wissen; in «weiß gedeckt», white
sichsichhimself, herself, itself, themselves (refl. pron.)
dadathere, then (adv.); since, because (conj.)
zuzuto, at (prep., dat.); too (adv.); the infinitive marker
helfenhelfento help (v., takes dative)

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