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Mainschleife

English translation: horseshoe bend on the River Main

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German term or phrase:Mainschleife
English translation:horseshoe bend on the River Main
Entered by: British Diana

05:57 Oct 17, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Geography / word for a specific meander of the Main river
German term or phrase: Mainschleife
I think there are many of these river meanders, I have heard of the Saarschleife, for instance. I am looking for the English equivalent for the Volkacher Mainschleife (97332 Volkach am Main), or rather I would like to know if it is possible to call it the "Main sinuosity" in a brochure for tourists. Typical sentence: "Take a ride along the Main sinuosity with our Mainschleifen Shuttle." ( a bus laid on mainly for tourists).
British Diana
Germany
Local time: 13:38
(the river) Main horseshoe bend
Explanation:
a suggestion...

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Note added at 1 Stunde (2011-10-17 07:01:18 GMT)
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just found another possibility...

Main River loop

http://www.franken-weinland.de/winzer/weingut_zur_schwane-28...
Selected response from:

Phoebe Indetzki
Local time: 13:38
Grading comment
Thank you, phoeberuth and your endorsers. I think this is the best translation.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +6(the river) Main horseshoe bend
Phoebe Indetzki
3 +2Main loop/bend/bow
Ramey Rieger (X)
Summary of reference entries provided
picture of horseshoe bend on Colorado river
Sarah Swift

Discussion entries: 7





  

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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
(the river) Main horseshoe bend


Explanation:
a suggestion...

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Note added at 1 Stunde (2011-10-17 07:01:18 GMT)
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just found another possibility...

Main River loop

http://www.franken-weinland.de/winzer/weingut_zur_schwane-28...

Phoebe Indetzki
Local time: 13:38
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you, phoeberuth and your endorsers. I think this is the best translation.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sarah Swift: I like horseshoe bend
59 mins
  -> thank you! :-)
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): perfect, actually
59 mins
  -> thank you! :-)
agree  GET ENERGY (X): Yes, analogous to the Saar horseshoe bend as in: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17210.html
4 hrs
agree  jccantrell: I would call this an oxbow in the USA.
7 hrs
agree  Ilse Schwender
8 hrs
agree  Rebecca Garber: horseshoe bend or oxbow would work.
1 day 10 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Main loop/bend/bow


Explanation:
OR
arch
crook


Perhaps just leave it with an explanation, as it's a proper name in this case.

Hope it helps!

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 13:38
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Ramey. I used to say "Loop of the River Main" myself, but now I have decided that "Horseshoe Bend" is that more accurate.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Horst Huber (X): It needs to be "Main River loop", just because "Main" looks so misleading. Or "River Main loop"? Good idea, not to bring in additional metaphor.
10 hrs
  -> Thanks Horst! Be well.
agree  phillee: With Horst - ... disambiguate with "Main river loop"
10 hrs
  -> Thank you Phillee, hope life's flowing along
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: picture of horseshoe bend on Colorado river

Reference information:
The Main has lots of meanders, but only one horseshoe bend.

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Note added at 3 Stunden (2011-10-17 09:23:17 GMT)
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Sorry, didn't realize the link wouldn't work. Googling /Horseshoe bend colorado river/ will get you lots of images. Here is a link to one:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Grand_Canyon_Horse_Shoe_B...


    Reference: http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.arizonas-world...
Sarah Swift
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Note to reference poster
Asker: Sorry, Sarah, I can't access the picture. What do I type into the Google window?

Asker: Wow! That is a spectacular "Schleife" and it certainly bends a lot! Which answers my query about how bendy a bend is.

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