Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
altes Bauerngeschlecht
English translation:
of age-old peasant stock
Added to glossary by
Kim Metzger
Mar 30, 2002 01:46
22 yrs ago
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altes Bauerngeschlecht
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I'm looking for something more dramatic than old farming family for this family history. Any ideas?
Henggi ist ein sehr altes Bauerngeschlecht aus dem sog. Schwarzbubenland im Kanton Solothurn.
Henggi ist ein sehr altes Bauerngeschlecht aus dem sog. Schwarzbubenland im Kanton Solothurn.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | farmer stock |
Mats Wiman
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| 5 | ... comes from a (very) long line of farmers |
Werner George Patels, M.A., C.Tran.(ATIO) (X)
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| 4 | a farm family with deep historical roots in... |
Roddy Stegemann
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| 4 | old farming dynasty |
Ilse Flick (X)
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| 4 | deeply rooted |
ingot
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Proposed translations
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Mats Wiman
Sweden
Sweden
Sweden
DEU / ENG / FRA / SPA > SWE since 1982
Native in: Swedish (Variant: Stockholm)
Works in: German to Swedish, English to Swedish, Swedish
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farmer stock
Henggi is of good old farmer stock from the so-called Schwarzbubenland (The land of the black boys) in the canton of Solothurn
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all. Besides dramatic, I realized later that I also wanted something robust and venerable. Mats' term came closest to what I was looking for."
17 mins
Roddy Stegemann
United States
United States
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United States
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a farm family with deep historical roots in...
I would not try to translate altes Bauerngeschlecht; rather I would translate the entire sentence part in which the term occurs.
ein sehr altes Bauerngeschlecht aus ...
ein sehr altes Bauerngeschlecht aus ...
19 mins
old farming dynasty
dynasty is always used when speaking of family continuation in ownership etc.
I know from teaching history
I know from teaching history
29 mins
Werner George Patels, M.A., C.Tran.(ATIO) (X)
Werner George Patels, M.A., C.Tran.(ATIO) (X)
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... comes from a (very) long line of farmers
I find this the most idiomatic solution to your problem.
Hope it helps. Good Luck!
Hope it helps. Good Luck!
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deeply rooted
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farming family
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Note added at 2002-03-30 02:52:33 (GMT)
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farming family
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