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Op het scherp van de snede

German translation: Auf Messers Schneide

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Dutch term or phrase:Op het scherp van de snede
German translation:Auf Messers Schneide
Entered by: Johannes Mueller

10:04 Mar 26, 2008
Dutch to German translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Sprichwort
Dutch term or phrase: Op het scherp van de snede
Wie wäre von dem Sprichwort eine einigermaßen entsprechende deutsche Version?
Johannes Mueller
Germany
Local time: 00:48
Auf Messers Schneide
Explanation:
Groetjes, Caroline

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Note added at 2 Min. (2008-03-26 10:06:47 GMT)
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Siehe z.B. Google 144.000 Treffer.
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Caroline Stange
Germany
Local time: 00:48
Grading comment
danke schön
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7Auf Messers Schneide
Caroline Stange
3 +2Auf Messers Schneide
Antje von Glan


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Auf Messers Schneide


Explanation:
Groetjes, Caroline

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Note added at 2 Min. (2008-03-26 10:06:47 GMT)
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Siehe z.B. Google 144.000 Treffer.

Caroline Stange
Germany
Local time: 00:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
danke schön

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wolfgang Jörissen: Schnelligkeit siegt :-)
0 min
  -> Dankje ;)!
agree  Dorothee Kellner
2 mins
  -> Danke!
agree  Erik Freitag: Na klar.
3 mins
  -> Danke!
agree  Marian Pyritz
5 mins
  -> Danke!
agree  MonikaB
7 mins
  -> Danke!
agree  Susanne Bittner: Kenne es eigentlich nur als ,scherpst', oder was findet Ihr?
18 mins
  -> Danke! Ich habe beide Varianten schon gesehen.
agree  René Weinhold
1 hr
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Auf Messers Schneide


Explanation:
...wäre meine spontane Antwort. Kommt immer auf den Kontext an, natürlich.


    Reference: http://www.uitmuntend.de/woordenboek/snede/
Antje von Glan
Netherlands
Local time: 00:48
Native speaker of: German

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Erik Freitag
2 mins
  -> Danke!
agree  Hans G. Liepert
1 hr
  -> Danke!
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