Astungen

English translation: pruning

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German term or phrase:Astung/Ästung
English translation:pruning
Entered by: Teresa Reinhardt

17:32 Aug 30, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Forestry / Wood / Timber / annual report of forestry company
German term or phrase: Astungen
Die Astungen zum richtigen Zeitpunkt und in der
richtigen Art tragen zu einer besseren Stammqualität
bei.

Can someone please help me out with this term? I suspect it means pruning, but is there a better term for larger trees?
Stephen Roche
Local time: 15:17
pruning
Explanation:
you're right!

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Note added at 14 mins (2005-08-30 17:46:30 GMT)
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since it refers to a forestry company, it's done to increase the value of the lumber (fewer/smaller knots), but of course, there's also a trade-off (it's a labor-intensive process that must be done right or the trees actually get worse)
Has nothing to do with surgery; that's when trees are diseased and something is cut out/off
I am also a professional gardener, if that helps.
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Teresa Reinhardt
United States
Local time: 07:17
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Thank you Teresa
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4pruning
Teresa Reinhardt
4 +1lopping, pruning, thinning out
Johanna Timm, PhD
4pruning
Malgorzata Marciniak


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
lopping, pruning, thinning out


Explanation:
Astung
Künstliches Entfernen von (in der Regel) abgestorbenen Ästen (=Trockenästen), um ein Einwachsen ins Holz und damit eine höherwertige Holzqualität zu erreichen. Das Entfernen von noch lebenden (= grünen) Ästen nennt man Grünastung.
http://www.forst.bayern.de/service/glossar/a-e/

Aufästung (lopping), Aufasten, Aufastung (lopping), Ausästen (lopping, prune, thinning out), Ästung (lopping),
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english...


Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 07:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tom Funke: ...depending a bit on whether the focus is the cutting action or the general result.
47 mins
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
pruning


Explanation:
you're right!

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Note added at 14 mins (2005-08-30 17:46:30 GMT)
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since it refers to a forestry company, it's done to increase the value of the lumber (fewer/smaller knots), but of course, there's also a trade-off (it's a labor-intensive process that must be done right or the trees actually get worse)
Has nothing to do with surgery; that's when trees are diseased and something is cut out/off
I am also a professional gardener, if that helps.


    Reference: http://bfw.ac.at/inst1/publ/ferenczy/wertastung/ast0100.html
Teresa Reinhardt
United States
Local time: 07:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you Teresa

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: Pruning works for large trees too. http://ceinfo.unh.edu/Forestry/largetr.htm
6 mins
  -> Thanks, Kim!

agree  Rebecca Garber
1 hr
  -> Thanks!

agree  David Moore (X)
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, David!

agree  Mario Marcolin
1 day 15 hrs
  -> Thanks, Mario!
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pruning


Explanation:
DE: Ästung, Ästungen
Zu den regelmäßig durchgeführten Pflegemaßnahmen zählt auch die Ästung. So bezeichnet man die Entfernung der Äste im unteren, wertvollsten Stammteil bei Kiefern, Douglasien und Lärchen, um ein astreines, wertvolles Stammholzes zu gewinnen. In der Regel beträgt die Entastungshöhe fünf bis sechs Meter.
EN
Pruning, which has several definitions, essentially involves removing plant parts to improve the health, landscape effect, or value of the plant.



    Reference: http://www.dahn.de/stadtwald.htm
    Reference: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/pruning/pruning...
Malgorzata Marciniak
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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