Ganoven – Bilingual Lyrics German/English
Lyrics & Translation
Key Vocabulary
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Ende /ˈɛndə/ A1 |
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Ganoven /ɡaˈnoːvən/ B2 |
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weg /vɛk/ A1 |
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stolpere /ˈʃtɔlpərə/ B1 |
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Fotos /ˈfoːtos/ A1 |
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zittern /ˈtsɪtɐn/ B1 |
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Piraten /piˈʁaːtən/ B1 |
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schade /ˈʃaːdə/ A2 |
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Fremde /ˈfʁɛmdə/ A2 |
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Zeiten /ˈtsaɪtən/ A1 |
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Boden /ˈboːdn̩/ A1 |
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Ritter /ˈʁɪtɐ/ B1 |
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Stille /ˈʃtɪlə/ B1 |
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trägt /tʁɛːkt/ A2 |
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weisst /vaɪ̯st/ A1 |
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unschlagbar /ˈʊnʃlaːkbaːɐ̯/ B2 |
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Scheiß /ʃaɪ̯s/ C1 |
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tust /tuːst/ A1 |
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stark /ʃtaʁk/ A1 |
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Zigaretten /tsɪɡaˈʁɛtn̩/ A1 |
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Geschichten /ɡəˈʃɪçtən/ A2 |
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Jahreszeit /ˈjaːʁəsˌtsaɪ̯t/ A2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Gestern war'n wir noch Ganoven
➔ Past tense with the auxiliary verb 'war'n' (short for 'waren') + subject + predicate
➔ ‘war'n’ is a colloquial contraction of ‘waren’, used for past tense indicating a state or condition in the past.
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Heute bist du nur noch weg
➔ Present tense with 'bin/bist/ist' + adverbial phrase 'nur noch' + complement
➔ ‘bist’ is the second person singular form of ‘sein’ in the present tense, combined here with ‘nur noch’ meaning ‘only anymore’ to emphasize the change.
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Alle Zeiten / Auch die guten / gehen einmal zu Ende
➔ Present tense of ‘gehen’ (to go) + adverbial phrase ‘einmal’ + prepositional phrase ‘zu Ende’
➔ ‘gehen’ means ‘to go’ and in this context, combined with ‘einmal’ and ‘zu Ende’ to express the idea that all times, including good ones, come to an end.
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Ich nehm uns das nicht übel
➔ Present tense with ‘nehm’ (short for ‘nehme’) + reflexive pronoun ‘uns’ + direct object ‘das’ + negation ‘nicht’
➔ ‘nehm’ is a colloquial contraction of ‘nehme’ (to take). ‘uns’ is the reflexive pronoun for ‘we’. The phrase means ‘I do not hold it against us’ or ‘I forgive us’.
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Wir war'n doch recht gut zusammen
➔ Past tense with ‘war'n’ (short for ‘waren’) + adverb ‘doch’ + adjective ‘recht’ + comparative ‘gut’ + ‘zusammen’ indicating being good together
➔ ‘war'n’ is the past tense form of ‘waren’. ‘doch’ adds emphasis or affirmation, and ‘recht gut zusammen’ means ‘quite good together’ or ‘had a good relationship’.
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Und du warst so vieles für mich, doch
➔ Past tense of ‘warst’ + ‘so vieles für mich’ (so many things for me) + conjunction ‘doch’ (but)
➔ ‘warst’ is the past tense of ‘bist’ (you are). ‘so vieles für mich’ means ‘so many things for me’. ‘doch’ is a conjunction meaning ‘but’ and introduces contrast.
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Haben einfach so vorbei
➔ Perfect tense of ‘haben’ + adverbial phrase ‘einfach so’ + verb in infinitive ‘vorbeigehen’ implied
➔ ‘haben’ refers to the auxiliary verb used in perfect tense. ‘einfach so’ means ‘just like that’ or ‘simply that’. ‘vorbeigehen’ (to pass by) is implied here in a verbal phrase indicating the event passed without notice.
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