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How to un­der­stand a word wi­thout a dic­tio­na­ry

1. First read the whole text wi­thout loo­king up any word. Try to un­der­stand the basic mea­ning of the text:
   1. What is it about?
   2. What is the set­ting (place and time of the con­tents in the text)?
   3. Are there any peop­le men­tio­ned in the text? Are they im­portant? What is their func­tion in the text?
2. Check if sen­ten­ces be­fo­re or after the un­k­nown word (con­text) help you to un­der­stand it. Can you guess the mea­ning of the word?
3. Check if you can un­der­stand the sen­tence wi­thout un­der­stan­ding the word.
4. Try to un­der­stand the gram­ma­ti­cal func­tion of the word wi­t­hin the sen­tence. Does it be­long to the
   1. sub­ject of the sen­tence (usual­ly at the be­gin­ning of the sen­tence),
   2. pre­di­ca­te (usual­ly after the sub­ject),
   3. ob­ject (if there is any, it is usual­ly after the pre­di­ca­te),
   4. ad­verb (if there is any, it is in most cases at the very be­gin­ning or end of the sen­tence)?
   5. Often it helps to know what word class the word be­longs to. Look for ty­pi­cal en­dings!
5. Check if you know any words in Ger­man or in ano­ther lan­gua­ge which sound or look si­mi­lar to the un­k­nown word.
6. Look out for
   1. pre­fi­xes (e.g. un im­portant),
   2. suf­fi­xes (e.g. help less ) and
   3. com­pounds (work + sheet = works­heet).
   4. Maybe you know ano­ther mem­ber of the word fa­mi­ly or part of the word, if it is a com­pound or has pre­fi­xes.

Can you guess the mea­ning of the word now? If so, you have sur­vi­ved wi­thout a dic­tio­na­ry!

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