een flink robbertje vechten

German translation: Gebotsschlacht

09:55 Dec 15, 2011
Dutch to German translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature / Redensart
Dutch term or phrase: een flink robbertje vechten
Es geht um eine Versteigerung.

"Tijdens de veiling is er in financieel opzicht "een flink robbertje gevochten" om deze kast.

Ich verstehe es zwar, aber was kommt dem im Deutschen am nächsten?

Danke
Eckart Jurk
Germany
Local time: 08:08
German translation:Gebotsschlacht
Explanation:
es kam zu einer Gebotsschlacht


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Note added at 24 Min. (2011-12-15 10:20:16 GMT)
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es kam zu einer Gebotsschlacht um den Schrank

oder: der Schrank war heiß umkämpft
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Iris Réthy
Netherlands
Local time: 08:08
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Gebotsschlacht


Explanation:
es kam zu einer Gebotsschlacht


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Note added at 24 Min. (2011-12-15 10:20:16 GMT)
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es kam zu einer Gebotsschlacht um den Schrank

oder: der Schrank war heiß umkämpft


    Reference: http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-30544.html
Iris Réthy
Netherlands
Local time: 08:08
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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