The German reading room
Der Froschkönig — The Frog King
The Brothers Grimm, 1857 · 1291 words in German · part of the library.
How long «Der Froschkönig» is, and how hard
| Length in German | 1291 running words · 54 sentences · about 5 printed pages |
|---|---|
| Time to read | about 12 minutes at a learner's pace, with the glosses to hand |
| Different words | 348 dictionary words, averaging 23.9 words a sentence |
| Words glossed | 348 of 348 — every one that appears in the tale |
| Words that appear once | 179 — 51%. A word met once is a word you will not learn from this text alone |
| Where it stands | 7 of 8 by length in the German room |
284 of this tale's own 348 words, most frequent first, carry 95% of it; 130 carry 80%.
How it begins
In den alten Zeiten, wo das Wünschen noch geholfen hat, lebte ein König, dessen Töchter waren alle schön, aber die jüngste war so schön, dass die Sonne selber, die doch so vieles gesehen hat, sich verwunderte so oft sie ihr ins Gesicht schien.
In the old days, when wishing still helped, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so very much, marvelled every time it shone upon her face.
That first sentence is the free sample, and the only one: «Der Froschkönig» is part of the interactive library in German, Russian, Spanish, French and Italian, with word meanings and sentence translations — one subscription for all five rooms. What the library costs. «Der süße Brei» is free, entire, on its editorial reference page.
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