Germany news: Police operation in Cologne after shots fired
A bilingual Dutch story with sentence-by-sentence English translation. Level: BEGINNER (CEFR). Tap any word in the DuoBook reader for an instant translation.
Het is maandagochtend in Keulen.
It is Monday morning in Cologne.
De zon komt op boven de stad.
The sun is rising over the city.
Plotseling is er problemen in het zuiden.
Suddenly, there is trouble in the south.
Mensen horen schoten bij een café.
People hear shots near a cafe.
Het café is leeg op dit moment.
The cafe is empty at this time.
De politie komt erg snel aan.
The police arrive very quickly.
Zij sluiten de straten met lint.
They close the streets with tape.
Niemand is gewond bij het incident.
Nobody is hurt in the incident.
De politie zoekt naar een verdachte.
The police look for a suspect.
De verdachte is te voet weggerend.
The suspect ran away on foot.
Agenten controleren de hele omgeving.
Officers check the whole area.
Veel wegen zijn nu geblokkeerd.
Many roads are now blocked.
Het leven in de stad is erg rustig.
Life in the city is very quiet.
Het onderzoek gaat vandaag door.
The investigation continues today.
Vocabulary (Dutch)
- Monday morning
- maandagochtend
- City
- stad
- Shots
- schoten
- Empty
- leeg
- Police
- politie
- Streets
- straten
- Quickly
- snel
- Hurt
- gewond
- Suspect
- verdachte
- Officers
- agenten
- Area
- omgeving
- Blocked
- geblokkeerd
- Quiet
- rustig
- Investigation
- onderzoek
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