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Levi Strauss und die Jeans

Levi Strauss and Jeans · B1 German story

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Levi Strauss kam 1829 in Bayern zur Welt.Levi Strauss was born in Bavaria in 1829.

Als junger Mann wanderte er nach Amerika aus.As a young man, he emigrated to America.

In San Francisco verkaufte er Stoffe und Kleidung.In San Francisco, he sold fabric and clothing.

Viele Goldsucher brauchten damals sehr starke Hosen für die harte Arbeit.At that time, many gold miners needed very strong trousers for the hard work.

Zusammen mit dem Schneider Jacob Davis machte Strauss Hosen aus festem Stoff mit kleinen Nieten aus Metall.Together with the tailor Jacob Davis, Strauss made trousers from strong fabric with small metal rivets.

So entstand 1873 die erste Jeans.That is how the first jeans were made in 1873.

Heute tragen Menschen auf der ganzen Welt Jeans.Today people all over the world wear jeans.

Words in this story

kommen
to come; zur Welt kommen = be born
Welt
world
jung
young
Mann
man
auswandern
to emigrate
verkaufen
to sell
Stoff
fabric; cloth
Kleidung
clothing
Goldsucher
gold miner
brauchen
to need
damals
at that time
sehr
very
stark
strong
Hose
trousers; pants
hart
hard
Arbeit
work
zusammen
together
Schneider
tailor
machen
to make; to do; sich lustig machen über = make fun of
fest
strong; firm; fixed
klein
small; little
Niete
rivet
Metall
metal
so
so; in this way
entstehen
to come into being; to develop
erst
first; erst = only (time)
Jeans
jeans
heute
today
tragen
to wear; to carry
Mensch
person; Menschen = people
ganz
whole; entire

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