Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Grodenflächen
English translation:
polders / salt marshes
Added to glossary by
alec_in_France
Feb 8, 2005 11:27
19 yrs ago
German term
Grodenflächen
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Geography
From a property description in the Wilhelmshaven area - a synonym for Deichvorland - the area between a dyke or embankment and the sea. But is there a more exact English word?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | polders |
Allesklar
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| 3 | salt-marshes |
David Moore (X)
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| 2 +1 | foreshore / land to the seaward side of a dyke |
Cilian O'Tuama
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Proposed translations
5 mins
German term (edited):
Grodenfl�chen
Selected
polders
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks - I finally used a combination of your answer and salt-marshes. You must have beaten David by a microsecond but that get's the points!"
5 mins
German term (edited):
Grodenfl�chen
salt-marshes
Little more than a guess, but it's all I can think of... Possibly it's not specific enough for land outside a dyke, though.
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Note added at 26 mins (2005-02-08 11:54:31 GMT)
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In fact, the Chambers 21st. Century describes a salt marsh as \"an area of land which is usually, or is liable to be, flooded with salt water. See also salting\". The latter is \"an area of land flooded by the tides\". Therefore, it is outside the dyke...
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Note added at 26 mins (2005-02-08 11:54:31 GMT)
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In fact, the Chambers 21st. Century describes a salt marsh as \"an area of land which is usually, or is liable to be, flooded with salt water. See also salting\". The latter is \"an area of land flooded by the tides\". Therefore, it is outside the dyke...
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German term (edited):
Grodenfl�chen
foreshore / land to the seaward side of a dyke
Declined
Deichvorland n (dike) foreshore
Langenscheidt
Deichvorland nt land to the seaward side of a dyke
Collins
Groden, der; -s, - (nordd. für [mit Gras bewachsenes] angeschwemmtes Deichvorland)
Duden
foreshore: a strip of land margining a body of water
2 : the part of a seashore between high-water and low-water marks
M.-W.
Langenscheidt
Deichvorland nt land to the seaward side of a dyke
Collins
Groden, der; -s, - (nordd. für [mit Gras bewachsenes] angeschwemmtes Deichvorland)
Duden
foreshore: a strip of land margining a body of water
2 : the part of a seashore between high-water and low-water marks
M.-W.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
dorisinlondon
: http://www.modellskipper.de/archive/maritimes_lexikon/dokume...
2 hrs
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Comment: "Many thanks - helpful but forehore doesn't really fill the bill here and I was hoping for a one- or two word equivalent"
Discussion
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polder
http://www.modellskipper.de/archive/maritimes_lexikon/dokume...