Willenlos – Bilingual Lyrics German/English
Lyrics & Translation
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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Name /neɪm/ A1 |
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Schönste /ˈʃøːnstə/ B1 |
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Lage /ˈlaːɡə/ B2 |
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Kondition /kɔnˈdɪt͡si̯oːn/ B2 |
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Stolz /ʃtɔlts/ B2 |
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Frauen /ˈfʁaʊ̯ən/ A2 |
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Wodka /ˈvɔt.kə/ A2 |
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Orchideen /ɔʁ.kiˈdeːn/ B2 |
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geliebt /ɡəˈliːpt/ B1 |
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gehen /ˈɡeːən/ A1 |
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Mamma /ˈmama/ A1 |
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willenlos /ˈvɪlənloːs/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Ihr Name war Carmelita
➔ Past Tense (war)
➔ Uses the past tense form of the verb 'sein' (to be), indicating a past state or fact: Her name "was" Carmelita.
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Sie brachte Lahme zum Gehen
➔ Verb + 'zum' + infinitive (zum Gehen)
➔ The structure 'zum + infinitive' expresses a purpose or result. Here, 'zum Gehen' means 'to walk' or 'for walking'. 'Sie brachte Lahme "zum Gehen"' means 'She made lame people walk'.
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Ich fiel in ihr Dekolleté
➔ Preposition 'in' with accusative case.
➔ The preposition "in" can take either the accusative or dative case, depending on whether there is movement ('accusative') or location ('dative'). Here, 'fiel' (fell) implies movement into something, therefore it takes the accusative: I fell "into" her cleavage.
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Was für 'ne Kondition
➔ 'Was für' + indefinite article + noun
➔ 'Was für' expresses surprise or admiration about the quality of something. 'Was für "ne" Kondition!' can be translated as 'What a condition!' or 'What stamina!'. The 'ne' is a colloquial shortening of 'eine' (a, an - feminine or neuter).
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Frauen gegenüber bin ich willenlos
➔ Preposition 'gegenüber' with dative case, inverted sentence structure.
➔ 'gegenüber' takes the dative case and usually means 'opposite' or 'towards'. It's placed before the noun it modifies. In this inverted sentence, 'Frauen gegenüber bin ich willenlos', the standard order would be 'Ich bin Frauen gegenüber willenlos'. 'Frauen gegenüber' (towards women) comes first for emphasis. 'I am without will "towards women"'.
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Sie hätt' mich beinah' erwürgt
➔ Konjunktiv II (hätt') with Modalverb-Ersatz (almost)
➔ 'hätt'' is the Konjunktiv II form of 'haben' and indicates a hypothetical or unreal situation. 'beinahe' (almost) acts as a substitute for a modal verb, conveying the near possibility of strangulation. 'She "almost" strangled me'.