Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Schnapsidee
English translation:
a spirited idea
German term
Austria
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German, and 3 more.
Schnapsidee
-hochprozentiger Schokoladegenuss
-Für den Abend: 0,1 l Flasche
-Für die Woche: 0,5 l Flasche
-in Bio und FAIR Qualität
Die Genusspioniere aus der Steiermark verdichten Schokolade und Kakaobohnen zu einem Schokolade Likör und einem Schokolade Geist.
Destilliert in der Schnaps-Brennerei xx.
| 3 +12 | a spirited idea |
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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| 5 | crazy idea |
Michael Hardy
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| 3 | chocolate brandy |
Klaus Petzel
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| 2 | Liquor idea |
Assem Mazloum
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Oct 18, 2007 12:18: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Science" to "Marketing"
Oct 23, 2007 17:16: Ingeborg Gowans (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/105803">martina1974's</a> old entry - "Schnapsidee"" to ""a spirited idea""
Non-PRO (1): Francis Lee (X)
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Proposed translations
a spirited idea
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Ken Cox
: or 'high spirits' -- lots of ways to go with this one
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yes, indeed, thanks Ken
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Henry Schroeder
: definitely
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thank you, Henry
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Trudy Peters
: nice!
44 mins
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thanks, Trudy
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Ulrike Kraemer
48 mins
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thanks, LittleBalu
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Hilary Davies Shelby
: nice!
2 hrs
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well thank you, Hilary
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Susan Zimmer
2 hrs
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thanks, Susie
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Paul Cohen
: Very clever!
3 hrs
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well thank you, my 'friend from Greenland', much appreciated
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Rebecca Garber
: very clever!
4 hrs
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thanks, Rebecca,sometimes my brain is working :)
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Julia Lipeles
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thank you, Julia
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Susanne Rindlisbacher
: Cheers!
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na, dann Prost, was? danke
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earthreptile
: Excellent
10 hrs
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danke, sehr "liebenswürstlig"
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Dr.G.MD (X)
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thank you, Dr. Gerhard
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Germany
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Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
, German (Variant: Germany)
Works in: English to German, German to English, German to Turkish, and 15 more.
chocolate brandy
If you need something more glossy = "chocolate spirit", maybe?
crazy idea
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Hilary Davies Shelby
: that was my first thought, too, but this looks like a piece of marketing, so I'm not sure we're looking for something negative here!
10 mins
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Ken Cox
: with Hilary -- negative advertising is surely not the intention here
27 mins
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Paul Cohen
: That's a pretty high confidence level for your "crazy idea," Michael. If you're trying NOT to sell the product, this would definitely be the right approach. Otherwise, I'm afraid it totally misses the mark (and fails to convey the pun).
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Germany
Realizing Potential!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, German to Arabic, and 1 more.
Liquor idea
or try: wet idea? tempting isnt it?
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