Reading 3

Question 1

d__ Schuld

Answer 1

Schuld, die

guilt

Question 2

schuldig

Answer 2

guilty

Question 3

unschuldig

Answer 3

innocent

Question 4

d__ Unschuldige

Answer 4

Unschuldige, der (die Unschuldigen)

the innocent one (the innocent ones)

Question 5

um (+ which case?)

Answer 5

um (+ acc.)

for

Question 6

verkaufen

Answer 6

to sell

Question 7

kaufen

Answer 7

to buy

Question 8

arm

Answer 8

poor

Question 9

d__ Arme

Answer 9

Arme, der

the poor one

Question 10

treten (tritt, trat, hat/ist getreten)

Answer 10

to step, kick

Question 11

d__ Staub

Answer 11

Staub, der (-[e]s, -)

dust

Question 12

d__ Haupt

Answer 12

Haupt, das (-[e]s, Häupter)

head

Question 13

gering

Answer 13

small, little, poor

Question 14

beiseite*drängen (drängt b., drängte b., beiseitegedrängt)

Answer 14

to push aside

Question 15

elend

Answer 15

wretched, miserable

Question 16

d__ Dirne

Answer 16

Dirne, die (-n)

girl (can mean prostitute)heilig

Question 17

heilig

Answer 17

holy

Question 18

entweihen

Answer 18

to profane, desecrate (ent-: to take away)

Question 19

Give the present tense conjugation for treten.

Answer 19

trete
trittst
tritt
treten
tretet
treten

Question 20

weihen

Answer 20

to consecrate, make holy

Question 21

What are two indicators that a German word is in the genitive?

Answer 21

1. The word preceding the genitive is also a noun.
2. In the genitive, masculine and neuter nouns usually end with an s. (An exception is the genitive form of Jesus, which is Jesu.)

Question 22

decken

Answer 22

to cover

Question 23

entdecken

Answer 23

“to take away the cover” that is “to discover”

Question 24

Words that begin with “ver” often, but not always, carry an…

Answer 24

…intensified meaning that is “heavier” than the simple root verb.

Question 25

sprechen

Answer 25

to speak

Question 26

versprechen

Answer 26

to promise

Question 27

How do you form the German infinitive?

Answer 27

zu plus the infinitive form of the verb, but the objects and/or modifiers precede the zu + infinitive construction

Question 28

Give the six "ver- words" in Amos 2, 1-7. Give their meaning as well as the meaning of their root words.

Answer 28

verbrennen - burn, incinerate, cremate (brennen - burn) verzehren - devour, destroy, consume (zehren - live off of) vertilgen - to destroy, eradicate (weeds) (tilgen - (too many to list)) verwerfen - to reject (werfen - throw) verkaufen - sell (kaufen - buy) verschwinden - disappear (schwinden - fade, shrink)

Question 29

Give the present tense conjugation of treten.

Answer 29

``` ich trete du trittst er/es/sie tritt wir treten ihr tretet sie/Sie treten ```

Question 30

d__ Geld

Answer 30

Geld, das (-es) money

Question 31

d__ Paar

Answer 31

Paar, das (-es, -e) pair

Question 32

d__ Schuh

Answer 32

Schuh, der (-[e]s, -e) shoe

Question 33

d__ Sohn

Answer 33

Sohn, der (-[e]s, -e) son

Question 34

d__ Name

Answer 34

Name, der (-s, -n)

Question 35

zum, zur

Answer 35

to the