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WILHELAM DER SIEGREICIIE
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der Grosse, and, after a campaign in India with the Dutch
army, rejoined the Prussian serrice in 1087; in 1812 he
abandoned the French and concluded the Convention of
Tauroggen with the Russians. In the Befreiungskrieg he was
one of the most distinguished commanders.
mit anhören: mit is here an adverb; #to be one of the
listeners.’
u flößte ihm . . ein, inspired him with greater respect.'
Note the difference between the constructions in the two
languages. Similar cuiquid verbs are einem etwas vor-
werfen #o reproach one with .. einem es verdenken to
blame hirn for it’“; einem etwas lohnen toreward some one
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A. Generalquartierni#ister Gebhard von Scharnhorst
uy50—1813) was the great reorganiser of the Prussian army
according to the Krümper system of short service. He was
eenabled to form a large Landwehr’ or Reserve, and thus
have 270.000 fully-drilled soldiers ready to take the field at
the beginning of the Befreiungskrieg.
fl. etwas davon gewahr werden, 10 get to know about it.“
gewahr (which is cognate with wahr in wahrnehmen 0
perceive'), is now only used in this connexion, viz. gewahr
werden #to get to know.“
. nämlich, as an adverb, means Jou must know’ to wit'
tor, and explains a previous statememt, e.g.:—=
heute kann er nicht radfahren, er hat sich nämlich erkältet.
The ach. der, die, das nämliche = the same.
namentlich= namely“ especially.“
dem Namen nach by name.“
Ct. p. 41 I. 25 was „Er," nämlich der „Lenker der großen
Nation“ dazu meine.
p. 65 1. 20 es war nämlich seit .. gewesen.
dürfe, was allowed, is the subi. of indirect speech (indirekte
Rede), here of command. Jotice that the tense of the direct
tspeech is retained (du darfst nur halten), without regard to
scquence of tenscs, which is not observed in modern German
in the case ol lhe pres. and imperf. subj. Ctf. Siepmann'’s
Cernaz Praimer, p. 185 8 139.
P 15. die Havel is a tributary of the Elbe and forms a series of
lakes (Seen); it is connected by canal wilh the Oder.
, 18—28. Ihe compound substantives in these iwo paragraphs (anda
large number in Chap. VI.) afford esamples of different laws
of lheir formation:
I. When 18t component is masc. or neut. the gen. inflexion
