This section is from the "A Complete Dictionary of Dry Goods" book, by George S. Cole. Also available from Amazon: A complete dictionary of dry goods and history of silk, cotton, linen, wool and other fibrous substances,: Including a full explanation of the modern processes ... together with various useful tables.
Yes - yah
indeed - yah vole
truly - in dair tate
certainly - vaar' lich
surely - gay-viss'
only - noor
some - et' vas
nothing - nichts
much - feel
quite - gantz' lich
very - zare
so - zo
thus - alzo
how - vee
no - nine
not - nicht
but - noor
enough - ge-nooch'
scarcely - kowm
all - gants
almost - byn' ahe
here - heer
there - da
where - vo
in - her-ine'
out - here-ows'
then - den or dann
now - yetst
soon - bald
till - bis
seldom - zel'
ten since - site
ever - im' mer
never - nee oft - oft
already - shcone
to-day - hoy' tay
Old - alt
young - yoong
new - noi
great - gross
good - goot
rich - riche
cold - kalt
warm - varm
long - lang
high - hoch
full - fol
cool - keel
near - nah
hard - hart
light - lycht
wild - villd
fat - fett
fine - fine
mild - milld
deep - teef
fresh - frish
ripe - rife
bitter - bitter
small - shmall
wide - vide
open - offen
loud - lout
right - recht
blind - blinnd
hot - hise
thick - dick
neat - net
thin - dee' yunn
broad - brite
round - roond
sharp - sharf
yesterday - gest' ern
late - spate
why ? - wahr-om' ?
because - vile
if - ven
perhaps - feel' lykt
AdjectiTes.
flat - flach
low - need' rig
beautiful - shane
handsome - hibsch
ugly - hess' lich
bad - schlecht
easy - leicht
heavy - shvair
soft - veich
true - vaar
short - koorts
far - vite
sweet - sees
hollow - hole
blunt - stoompf
delicious - kenst' lich
disagreeable - oo' nan-ga'-nam
honest - ayr' lich
polite - heu' flich
obliging - ga' f ellig
kind - geeutig
prudent - kloog
ridiculous - lek' er-lich
reasonable - f er-ninf' tig
happy - glick' lich
glad - fro
satisfied - tsoo' f reeden
active - tai' tig
rude - grobe
proud - stoltz
strong - stark
weak - shvach
clever - ges-hickt'
mild - ga-linde'
sick - krahnk
pale - blass
Healthy - ga-zoond'
poor - arm
empty - lair
dirty - shmoot' sig
cheap - bil'lig
clean - rine
tired - meeu' day
angry - bay 'say
merry - loos' tig
Above - eeuber
about - oom
after - nach
against - gay' gen
before - for
of - fon
over - eeuber
since - site
for - feeur
from - fon in - in
near - na'hay
under - oon'ter
up - owf
with - mit
And - oond
also - ouck
even so - gar
or - oder
nor - nock
yet - dock
because - vile
that - das
therefore - da-hair'

 
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