| vonstattengehen | actuate condition |
| konstatieren | ascertain note state |
| stattgeben | accept approve |
| konkatenieren | concatenate |
| stiften gehen | skedaddle |
| vorangehen | precede |
| ins Auge gehen | blow up in one's face |
| Konstantinopel | Constantinople |
| konsternieren | consternate |
| konstituieren | establish constitute assemble convene |
| Anstalten machen | make a move make no move |
| anstrengen | make an effort |
| Ostanglien | East Anglia |
| Stadtmenschen | townspeople |
| Vorstädterin | suburbanite |
| stationieren | deploy |
| verstaatlichen | nationalize |
| Schattenlesen | shadowing |
| gottergeben | meek |
| Soldatenleben | soldier's life |