27-3. der Blauen (" Blue Mountain"), name of one of the highest peaks in the Black Forest; in translation retain the German form of the name.
27-4. was, colloq. for etwas.
27-5. guck, colloq. for sieh!
27-6. mal, colloq. for einmal (indef., adverb. idiom),cf. Page 20, Note 6.
27-7. siehste, colloq. contraction of siehst du, "you see"; you know; you must know.
27-8. das sind die Alpen (idiom), these are the Alps.—The neut. sing. of the demonstrat. pron. (das), when immediately preceding or following the auxil. sein, is used without regard to the gender and number of the logical subject (here die Alpen).
27-9. der Sankt Gott´hard, St. Gothard, a mountain-group of the Lepontine Alps of Switzerland.
27-10. wollten (idiom., infinit. gehen or reisen being understood),cf. Page 5, Note 12.
27-11. Remember that the longing of the Germans for Italy is proverbial.
27-12. Land for das Land. Note the force of the ellipsis.