Station 11
Terms
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- abbrechen
- to interrupt, discontinue
- abschliessen
- to finish, complete
- Akzent
- accent
- Armee
- army, military
- befuerchten
- to fear
- beitreten
- to join
- sich beschaeftigen mit
- to be concerned with
- bewerten
- to judge, consider
- einen Bund schliessen
- to form a federation
- Dialekt
- dialect
- sich drehen um
- to revolve around
- Eidgenossenschaft
- Swiss federation
- einfuehren
- to introduce
- festhalten an
- to hold onto something
- Franken
- Swiss currency
- Fremdsprache
- foreign language
- gemeinsamen haben
- to have something in common
- geniessen
- to enjoy
- halten fuer
- to take something for something else (?)
- sich heraushalten
- to keep out of something
- Hintergrund
- background
- mitwirken
- to participate
- Mundart
- dialect
- Offizier
- officer
- Rundblick
- panorama
- Schweizerdeutsch
- dialects of Switzerland
- Soldat
- soldier
- umliegend
- surrounding
- unabhaengig
- independent, independently
- verbrennen
- to burn
- vermeiden
- to avoid
- Wahlrecht
- right to vote
- waehlen
- to elect
- wechseln
- to change, switch
- Wehrdienst
- military service
- Zivildienst
- alternative to military service, e.g. in hospitals
- beschliessen
- to decide
- aufzuhoeren
- to stop
- Verhaeltnis
- relationship
- aufrichtig
- sincere
- ueberzeugt
- convinced
- Abschaffung
- abolition
- entscheiden
- to decide
- allgemeine
- compulsory
- Grundausbildung
- military training school
- eineinhalb
- one and a half
- fuehrend
- leading
- Gesetz
- law
- weiterhin
- as always
- leisten
- to do
- waechst staendig
- steadily increasing
- erwaehnt
- mentioned
- begeistert
- fascinated
- Zeitgenosse
- contemporary
- Gegner
- opponents
- Boersenplatz
- stock exchange market
- Verschwiegenheit
- privacy
- Konten
- accounts
- Staatenbund
- federation
- Wirtschaftsraum
- business market
- wehren
- to defend oneself