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🇩🇪 German · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Saying on the Dyke

Hear the coast's proverb on the dyke, wer nicht will deichen, muss weichen, and ask what a saying means.

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THE STORY

The dyke by the Hamburg harbour, wind from the west, the fisherwoman and Max looking at the water.

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Kennen Sie das Sprichwort vom Deich?KEN-en zee dahs SHPRIKH-vort fom dykhDo you know the saying about the dyke? Politely.
Nein. Wie geht es?nyn, vee gayt esNo. How does it go?
Was bedeutet das Sprichwort?vahs beh-DOY-tet dahs SHPRIKH-vortWhat does the saying mean?
Wer nicht will deichen, muss weichen.vair nikht vil DY-khen, moos VY-khenWhoever won't dyke must yield.
Deichen? Was heißt das?DY-khen, vahs hyst dahsDyke? What does that mean?
Den Deich bauen. Alle zusammen.dayn dykh BOW-en, AHL-eh tsoo-ZAHM-enTo build the dyke. All together.
Und wer nicht hilft, muss gehen?oont vair nikht hilft, moos GAY-enAnd whoever doesn't help has to go?
Genau. Sonst kommt das Wasser. Für alle.geh-NOW, zonst komt dahs VAHS-er, fuer AHL-ehExactly. Otherwise the water comes. For everyone.
Ein hartes Sprichwort. Aber wahr.eyn HAR-tes SHPRIKH-vort, AH-ber vahrA hard saying. But true.