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shuttle-cock

German translation: Federball

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English term or phrase:shuttle-cock
German translation:Federball
Entered by: Claudia Fenker

07:52 May 14, 2009
English to German translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
English term or phrase: shuttle-cock
Protea aurea
Grows to 3-5 m with oblong leaves. Its candel-shaped buts open to a cream/pink flower, like a shuttle-cock in Summer to Autumn. Very adaptable.
Claudia Fenker
Local time: 23:43
Federball
Explanation:
bezieht sich auf die Form der Blüte (wohl "buds" und nicht "buts").
Steht in jedem Wörterbuch

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Note added at 10 Min. (2009-05-14 08:03:01 GMT)
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siehe auch Google-Bildersuche zu protea aurea
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Ansgar Knirim
Germany
Local time: 00:43
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7Federball
Ansgar Knirim
4 +1Federball
Edith Kelly
4Zuckerbusch
David Moore (X)
3Straußfarn oder Trichterfarn
Martin Wenzel


Discussion entries: 2





  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Federball


Explanation:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttlecock -

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 00:43
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 9

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mary austria
0 min
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Federball


Explanation:
bezieht sich auf die Form der Blüte (wohl "buds" und nicht "buts").
Steht in jedem Wörterbuch

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 10 Min. (2009-05-14 08:03:01 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

siehe auch Google-Bildersuche zu protea aurea

Ansgar Knirim
Germany
Local time: 00:43
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mary austria
0 min
  -> Danke!
agree  Maria Simmen
19 mins
  -> Vielen Dank!
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
36 mins
  -> Danke sehr!
agree  CArcher
1 hr
  -> Danke!
agree  Cetacea
2 hrs
  -> Danke sehr!
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): w/ your comment, too and "candle" not "candel" in the original
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Ingeborg!
agree  Rolf Keiser
7 hrs
  -> Danke!
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Straußfarn oder Trichterfarn


Explanation:
matteuccia struthiopteris...

Eine protea ist natürlich kein Farn, aber die Blätter erinnern wohl an einen Farn...

Martin Wenzel
Germany
Local time: 00:43
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  David Moore (X): The botanical names are not the same.
1 hr
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Zuckerbusch


Explanation:
If you compare the first picture in this site under "Zuckerbusch", you may conclude the flower is the same as that shown below:

http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.minges.ch/r...

on this site:

http://protea.worldonline.co.za/sugar3.htm

David Moore (X)
Local time: 00:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3
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