Aug 4, 2019 16:39
4 yrs ago
German term

Schwenten

German to English Other Agriculture
Weidepflege:

Schwenten, Traenkestellen der Tiere regelmaessig saeubern.


(Job description for farmhand)
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 weeding
4 wash out
3 pasture maintenance

Discussion

Ramey Rieger (X) Aug 5, 2019:
Thought so, they have such wonderfully unique words. I'll give my Swiss friend a call.
Jeff Steffin (asker) Aug 4, 2019:
Hi, yes, it is Swiss German, Ramey
Ramey Rieger (X) Aug 4, 2019:
Hi Jeff Is this Swiss German?
Esther Pugh Aug 4, 2019:
Vielleicht hilft das: http://vun-aen.ch/schwenten.pdf

Proposed translations

+1
38 mins
Selected

weeding

Removing undesired plants such as those that the livestock won't eat. See the article Esther posted in the DB
Peer comment(s):

agree writeaway : a possibility based on the link in DB (ohne wild guessing)
14 hrs
Wild I am, weed me out!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks!"
10 hrs

wash out

I would say

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Note added at 10 hrs (2019-08-05 03:17:37 GMT)
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given the fact that this is Swiss German

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Note added at 10 hrs (2019-08-05 03:19:05 GMT)
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maybe a native Swiss German speaker can come in on this

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Note added at 10 hrs (2019-08-05 03:26:22 GMT)
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I also see you have a native speaker level in "several" languages... if that's the case, wow ... now that's seldom :)

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Note added at 10 hrs (2019-08-05 03:30:09 GMT)
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and I also see that you have closed 6 answers without grading ... oops

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Note added at 10 hrs (2019-08-05 03:31:10 GMT)
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oh well... we live in hope...

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Note added at 11 hrs (2019-08-05 03:44:36 GMT)
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anyway, the best way to go is to wait for a capable Swiss German speaker to explain what it means and go from there ...
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1 day 3 hrs

pasture maintenance

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