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Hemmet

English translation: Hemd

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German term or phrase:Hemmet
English translation:Hemd
Entered by: Dr. Andrew Hudson

13:01 Aug 15, 2014
German to English translations [PRO]
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Clothing
German term or phrase: Hemmet
This is some kind of clothing. I encountered it in a Holocaust survivor's account of her imprisonment:

"Wir hatten ja keine Unterhosen, keine Strümpfe, keine Schuh, keine Unterhosen, kein Hemmet, bloß das leinene Sträflingskleid, haben wir angekriegt."

Any ideas?

Danke im Voraus,

Andrew Hudson
Dr. Andrew Hudson
United States
Local time: 14:11
Hemd
Explanation:
Geprobt wurde das Lied: "Die Sonne hemmet ihren Lauf. ... warum die Damen lachten: Sie wollten ihr Hemmet (Hemd) nicht höher halten .

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Note added at 8 mins (2014-08-15 13:09:06 GMT)
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shirt
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Norbert Hermann
Local time: 20:11
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Hemd


Explanation:
Geprobt wurde das Lied: "Die Sonne hemmet ihren Lauf. ... warum die Damen lachten: Sie wollten ihr Hemmet (Hemd) nicht höher halten .

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Note added at 8 mins (2014-08-15 13:09:06 GMT)
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shirt

Norbert Hermann
Local time: 20:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: http://www.oberharzer-mund-art.de/html/body_h_-_k.html
26 mins
agree  Coqueiro
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agree  philgoddard
1 hr
agree  Wendy Streitparth
2 hrs
agree  British Diana
1 day 3 hrs
agree  Trude Stegmann
1 day 11 hrs
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