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German to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

German term	English translation
werkintern	work's immanent

wich Überlegenheit	gave way to a feeling of superiority

wie ein Flitzebogen ganz nach unten gebogen	turned down at the edges like a bent bow

Wimmelbuch	activity picture book

Wimmerl	one of those, you know, pimples

Windfang	draught curtain/door curtain

Wolläppchen	wool(l)en zizith (fringes)

Wortgebilde	verbal constructions	monbuckland
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wortmächtig	writes extremely well/writes eloquently/(distinguished by his) mastery of the language

Wunschfigur	fantasy figure

wusste	managed to	Tegan Raleigh
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Zeilensprung	enjambement, enjambment	Edith Kelly
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Zeitpeiniger	death / the Grim Reaper

zerschunden	battered

Zitat von Friedrich Schiller: Alles wanket, wo der Glaube fehlt	To him/Nothing on earth remains unwrenched and firm/Who has no faith.

zottelkopf	shaggy head

zu nahe treten	offend

zu Tode pflegen	nurse to death

zur Methode erheben	to elevate it to a method

zurückgehen	be the source for

zuspitzen	(poignantly) exaggerate / (poignantly) overstate one's case

zuspitzen	intensify

Zwei Seelen ach in meiner Brust....Goethe's Faust	Two souls alas! are dwelling in my breast;....	Sabina Winkler CAPIRSI
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