1303 sayings with source references.
Wenn der Fürst einen Apfel will, so nehmen seine Diener den ganzen Baum.If the prince wants an apple, his servants take the tree.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBesser ein halb Ei als eitel Schale.Better half an egg than empty shells.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFreie um die Wittwe, dieweil sie noch trauert.Woo the widow whilst she is in weeds.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin Zaun währt drei Jahre, ein Hund überwährt drei Zäune, ein Pferd drei Hunde, ein Mensch drei Pferde.A fence lasts three years, a dog lasts three fences, a horse three dogs, and a man three horses.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHänschen, lerne nicht zu viel, du mußt sonst viel thun.Don’t learn too much, Jack, else you must do a great deal.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEs ist kein Kinderspiel, wenn ein altes Weib tanzt.It is no child’s play when an old woman dances.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBesser ohne Abendessen zu Bette gehen als mit Schulden.Better to go to bed supperless than run in debt.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin wenig zu spät ist viel zu spät.A little too late is much too late.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Eine fängt den Hasen, der Andere ißt ihn.One catches the hare, and another eats it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWenn eine Hölle ist, so steht Rom darauf.If there be a hell, Rome is built over it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBist du Amboß, sei geduldig; bist du Hammer, schlage zu.If you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, strike hard.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSorgen macht graue Haare und Alter ohne Jahre.Care brings on grey hairs, and age without years.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFürsten haben lange Hände und viele Ohren.Princes have long hands and many ears.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer gute Nachbarn hat, bekommt ’nen guten Morgen.He who has good neighbours, gets a good morning.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSchnell genug, wär’s gut genug.Quick enough, if but good enough.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPflaumen kann man nicht zu Aepfeln machen.There’s no making apples of plums.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Narben lacht, wer Wünden nie gefühlt.He laughs at scars who never felt a wound.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWas wehe thut, das lehrt.What smarts, teaches.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTrau-wohl, reit’ das Pferd hinweg.Trust well rides away with the horse.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBetrügen ist ehrlicher als stehlen.Cheating is more honourable than stealing.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNachher ist jeder klug.Every one is wise after the event.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAmt ohne Sold macht Diebe.Office without pay makes thieves.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGebet dem Kaiser was des Kaisers ist, und Gott was Gottes ist.Give unto the king what is the king’s, and unto God what is God’s.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWenn mancher Mann wüßt’, wer mancher Mann wär, dann mancher Mann manchem man, erzeigte mehr Ehr’.If some men knew who some men were, then some would pay the more honour there.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources