Hanggeschoß

English translation: Walk-out basement (here maybe just "(walkout) lower storey"?)

12:27 Jan 30, 2018
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Tech/Engineering - Architecture / description of hotel
German term or phrase: Hanggeschoß
from history of hotel:

"zugleich werden unter dem ersten Haus drei Hanggeschoße eingefügt, die den Speisesaal erweitern."


thanks!
Janet Muehlbacher
Local time: 21:05
English translation:Walk-out basement (here maybe just "(walkout) lower storey"?)
Explanation:
A Hanggeschoß is a lower storey on a house that is built on a slope, so it opens at the front and is built into/underground by the back, as shown e.g. here http://www.holzbau-weizenegger.de/architektur/projekte/einfa... or here https://hoch2.bpd-frankfurt.de/Haus-439

This is called a walk-out basement or daylight basement:
http://www.eplans.com/house-plans/epl/collections/house-plan...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basement#Types_of_basement
https://www.thehousedesigners.com/daylight-basement-house-pl...

I'm not sure how well the term "basement" conjures the right imagery for a restaurant though. You might want to try rephrasing the whole thing, e.g. "... lower storeys were built into the slope below the first house..."
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Mair A-W (PhD)
Germany
Local time: 21:05
Grading comment
thanks to all, you were all right in a way, but this suggestion best fits the context.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Walk-out basement (here maybe just "(walkout) lower storey"?)
Mair A-W (PhD)
4lower ground floor
Michael Bailey
3mountain/hillside-facing floor
David Hollywood
3hillside-hugging story
Herbmione Granger
Summary of reference entries provided
complemental floor
José Patrício

Discussion entries: 2





  

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Walk-out basement (here maybe just "(walkout) lower storey"?)


Explanation:
A Hanggeschoß is a lower storey on a house that is built on a slope, so it opens at the front and is built into/underground by the back, as shown e.g. here http://www.holzbau-weizenegger.de/architektur/projekte/einfa... or here https://hoch2.bpd-frankfurt.de/Haus-439

This is called a walk-out basement or daylight basement:
http://www.eplans.com/house-plans/epl/collections/house-plan...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basement#Types_of_basement
https://www.thehousedesigners.com/daylight-basement-house-pl...

I'm not sure how well the term "basement" conjures the right imagery for a restaurant though. You might want to try rephrasing the whole thing, e.g. "... lower storeys were built into the slope below the first house..."

Mair A-W (PhD)
Germany
Local time: 21:05
Native speaker of: English
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Grading comment
thanks to all, you were all right in a way, but this suggestion best fits the context.
Notes to answerer
Asker: THANK YOU!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Bailey: would go for lower storey/level as basement tends to have negative connotations in terms of lack of light
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lower ground floor


Explanation:
frequently used for buildings built into the side of a hill where there is a level below the entry level (ground floor)

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particularly where the lower ground level is open on one side rather than subterranean

Michael Bailey
Austria
Local time: 21:05
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mountain/hillside-facing floor


Explanation:
https://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=31...
1 jul. 2007 - 1 entrada
I'm not an engineer, but it seems to me, a Hanggeschoß would be the floor of a building facing a mountain or hill side. #1, Autor, dude, 30 Jun 07, 18:04. Traducción, slope basement. Fuente(s). http://www.bobvila.com/BVTV/Bob_Vila/Video-02... #2, Autor, erl, 01 Jul 07, 00:08. i Solo los usuarios registrados ...
Hanggeschoss - Leo
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I'm not an engineer, but it seems to me, a Hanggeschoß would be the floor of a building facing a mountain or hill side. #1, Verfasser, dude, 30 Jun 07, 18:04. Übersetzung, slope basement. Quellen. http://www.bobvila.com/BVTV/Bob_Vila/Video-02... #2, Verfasser, erl, 01 Jul 07, 00:08. i Nur registrierte Benutzer können in ...
TCTerms - Hanggeschoß (English) - Translators Cafe
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12 abr. 2017 - German term: Hanggeschoß. English translation: slope level, slope storey. Tourism and Travel.

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Note added at 12 hrs (2018-01-31 01:03:23 GMT)
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I think this is the idea in your specific context

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Note added at 12 hrs (2018-01-31 01:10:17 GMT)
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zugleich werden unter dem ersten Haus drei Hanggeschoße eingefügt, die den Speisesaal erweitern.

three mountain/hillside-facing floors have also been added below the original building as an add-on to the dining room

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although I can't for the life of me grasp how it could be floors but that's what the German says...

David Hollywood
Local time: 17:05
Native speaker of: English
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hillside-hugging story


Explanation:
unter dem ersten Haus drei Hanggeschoße eingefügt
the lower three stories of the house hug the hillside

Pictures & descriptions:
https://www.trendir.com/tall-minimalistic-hillside-house-bui...
https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/17696835/list/how-to-artfull...

https://patch.com/washington/mercerisland/mercerdale-hillsid...
The three story homes will be offered in a variety of floor plans and elevation configurations that hug the hillside

Herbmione Granger
Germany
Local time: 21:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Michael Bailey: storey or storeys - "story" bzw. "stories" = Geschichte(n)
5 days
  -> Not in the US. BTW I rarely spell anything wrong :) Typos are another story. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/storey_...
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Reference comments


28 mins
Reference: complemental floor

Reference information:
Hanggeschoss (Wohnung 3) - https://www.immobilienscout24.de/expose/94317346#/

José Patrício
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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