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English: Daddy's girl

German translation: umschreiben : sie war sein ganzer Stolz /oder: sie war sein Liebling



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English term or phrase:Daddy's girl
German translation:umschreiben : sie war sein ganzer Stolz /oder: sie war sein Liebling
Entered by:Ingeborg Gowans
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Margaret Thatcher\'s biography
English term or phrase: Daddy's girl
With his commanding height, wavy pale blond hair, upright bearing and extremely pale colouring, he radiated sincerity and authority.
And, as they walked into church, pride in his young daughter. The congregation at Finkin Street could see that she was Daddy's girl as they entered hand in hand.
Virginia1000
United Kingdom
umschreiben : sie war sein ganzer Stolz /oder: sie war sein Liebling
Explanation:
of course, you already have "pride" in the sentence before, maybe you can put these two sentences together, als sie Hand in Hand in die Kirche traten, war es ganz offensichtlich, dass sie sein ganzer Stolz war oder so ähnlich
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Ingeborg Gowans
Canada
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks a lot Ingeborg!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4umschreiben : sie war sein ganzer Stolz /oder: sie war sein Liebling
Ingeborg Gowans
4 +2"Vatertochter"
Sigrid Dittrich
3 +1Papas Mädchen
Inga Pier
3PapakindAnnette Urbschat


  


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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
daddy's girl umschreiben : sie war sein ganzer Stolz /oder: sie war sein Liebling

Explanation:
of course, you already have "pride" in the sentence before, maybe you can put these two sentences together, als sie Hand in Hand in die Kirche traten, war es ganz offensichtlich, dass sie sein ganzer Stolz war oder so ähnlich

Ingeborg Gowans
Canada
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 28
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks a lot Ingeborg!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Thomas Pfann: "Sie war sein ganzer Stolz" war auch mein erster Gedanke.
4 mins
  -> "great minds think alike" oops, I don't mean to boast, but thanks

agree Hermann: sein Liebling :-)
16 mins
  -> thanks, Hermann

agree Ulrike MacKay: warum "entweder - oder"? Deinen Satz wie oben und am Ende: ...dass sie Papas Liebling war und sein ganzer Stolz. ;-)
1 hr
  -> thank you, ladies

agree Andrea Black
2 hrs
  -> thanks, Andrea
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
daddy's girl "Vatertochter"

Explanation:
"Vatertochter"
analog zu Muttersöhnchen.
Oft in psychologischen Texten

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Note added at 14 Min. (2006-10-02 14:35:28 GMT)
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oder:

Papas Liebling!

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Note added at 17 Min. (2006-10-02 14:38:11 GMT)
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Vaters Liebling!

Sigrid Dittrich
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Hermann: Papas Liebling :-)
12 mins

agree mill: mit Hermann
3 hrs
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
daddy's girl Papas Mädchen

Explanation:
Kann sich sowohl auf das Aussehen, als auch darauf, dass der Vater stolz auf "sein Mädchen" (wäre im Übrigen auch noch eine Möglichkeit) ist, beziehen

Inga Pier
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree erika rubinstein
2 hrs
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1 day21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
daddy's girl Papakind

Explanation:
Ich kenne das als Papakind. das war ich nämlich selbst.....

Annette Urbschat
United States
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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