The Frontier Flashcards

(51 cards)

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Grenzland, Gebiet an der Siedlungsgrenze

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frontier

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Ausbreitung

ausbreiten

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Expansion

to expand

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Grenzer

Grenzbewohner

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frontiersman

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Planwagen

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covered wagon

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Postkutsche

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stage-coach

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neue Gebiete erschließen

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to open up new territories

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gebietlich

regional

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territorial

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Land bestellen

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to cultivate

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anbauen

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to grow

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unfruchtbar

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infertile

barren

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herausfordern

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to challenge

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Herausforderung

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challenge

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12
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die Prärie

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the prairie

the Plains

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ansiedeln

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to settle

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Siedlung

Siedler

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settlement

settler

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15
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Vorkämpfer

Pionier

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pioneer

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16
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Fallensteller

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trapper

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Händler

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trader

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18
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behaupten

beanspruchen

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to claim

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Land abstecken

Anrecht sichern

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to stake a claim

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etw. riskieren

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to risk

to venture

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Kauf

etw. kaufen

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purchase

to purchase

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annektieren

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Aneignung

Annektierung

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abtreten | überlassen
to cede
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Büffel jagen
to hunt buffalo
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Jäger
hunter
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Jagdgründe
hunting-grounds
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Tierfell
hide
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erforschen
to explore
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Forscher | Erforschung
explorer | exploration
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ausrotten, vertilgen | Ausrottung
to exterminate | Extermination
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sich rächen
to revenge o. s. on to take revenge to retaliate
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verschwenden | Verschwendungssucht
to waste | wastefulness
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einheimisch
indigenous | native
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Indianer | amerikanischer Ureinwohner
Native American
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Stamm adj. auf die eigene Gruppe bezogen Stamm...
tribe | adj. tribal
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Stammesgebiet
tribal homeland
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Reservat
reservation
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jmd. den Besitz entziehen | enterben
to dispossess of | to deprive of
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heilig
sacred
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leben von
to live off
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Krieger
warrior
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Kriegspfad
war-path
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wild, grausam | n. der Wilde
savage | n. savage
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formen, bilden
to mould (the American character)
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Gemeinschaftssinn
community spirit
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Selbsthilfe
self-help
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Selbstständigkeit | Selbstvertrauen
self-reliance
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gutnachbarliches Verhalten
neighbourliness
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Unternehmergeist
entrepreneurial spirit