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einen Hof übernehmen

English translation: to take over a farm


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German term or phrase:einen Hof übernehmen
English translation:to take over a farm
Entered by: Marga Shaw
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07:51 Oct 18, 2009
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Agriculture / Idiomatik
German term or phrase: einen Hof übernehmen
Kontext: Wenn die Kinder den Bauernhof ihrer Eltern selbständig fortführen. Das muss nicht unbedingt heißen, dass sie ihn erben. Denn oft genug leben die Eltern noch. Bitte keine "Übersetzungen" sondern nur die "live" Phrase.
trans-agrar
Germany
Local time: 01:27
to take over a farm
Explanation:

... is the phrase which comes to mind in this context.

e.g.:
If one son wishes to take over the farm then the parents feel that son would have to have preferential treatment in the division of their estate for the farm to be viable.
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:rgx4XfzGo2QJ:www.maf.go...

Management: Six parents indicated that general financial planning
practices were also important for supporting children to assume the family farm. Personal debt management, building savings accounts to pay children’s college tuition and other expenses, or setting up trust funds
for children were general ways in which they managed finances to provide pre-adolescent children with the financial means to take over the farm.
http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:UFStH2iCQUgJ:pubs.a...

First, is he or she ready to transfer control or begin to transfer control? Second, is there a successor to take over the farm? Sometimes, the farm operator must discuss the farm transfer with older parents to start the transfer process.
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:fE2F0cQon5wJ:www.ces.pu...

If there is a younger generation who is willing to take over the farm, have you considered whether the farm is large enough to support more than one family income.
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:b3ICKv7-BOgJ:www.agrine...
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Marga Shaw
Local time: 00:27
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +12
to take over a farm


Explanation:

... is the phrase which comes to mind in this context.

e.g.:
If one son wishes to take over the farm then the parents feel that son would have to have preferential treatment in the division of their estate for the farm to be viable.
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:rgx4XfzGo2QJ:www.maf.go...

Management: Six parents indicated that general financial planning
practices were also important for supporting children to assume the family farm. Personal debt management, building savings accounts to pay children’s college tuition and other expenses, or setting up trust funds
for children were general ways in which they managed finances to provide pre-adolescent children with the financial means to take over the farm.
http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:UFStH2iCQUgJ:pubs.a...

First, is he or she ready to transfer control or begin to transfer control? Second, is there a successor to take over the farm? Sometimes, the farm operator must discuss the farm transfer with older parents to start the transfer process.
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:fE2F0cQon5wJ:www.ces.pu...

If there is a younger generation who is willing to take over the farm, have you considered whether the farm is large enough to support more than one family income.
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:b3ICKv7-BOgJ:www.agrine...


Marga Shaw
Local time: 00:27
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Goldcoaster
13 mins
  -> Thank you Goldcoaster!
agree  Annett Kottek: Or maybe 'to take over the running of the farm' to make it even more explicit that these are only managerial changes, and not ones of ownership?
23 mins
  -> Thank you Annett! A good suggestion, which is much appreciated.
agree  Helen Shiner: take over the farm is very normal and I'm not sure there is any need for a more complex version.
29 mins
  -> Thank you Helen!
agree  Paul Skidmore: with Marga and with Helen's comment
39 mins
  -> Thank you Paul!
agree  sivara
49 mins
  -> Thank you sivara!
agree  writeaway: not really "agricultural' terminology-just everyday German. am not sure I fully understand the problem
2 hrs
  -> Thank you writeaway!
agree  Ingrid Moore
2 hrs
  -> Thank you Ingrid!
agree  Cetacea: with writeaway.
3 hrs
  -> Thank you Cetacea!
agree  Susanne Schiewe
4 hrs
  -> Thank you Susanne!
agree  franglish
4 hrs
  -> Thank you franglish!
agree  Ingeborg Gowans: not to be confused with "buying a farm" :))
9 hrs
  -> Thank you Ingeborg!
agree  yyyzzz: With AK: 'to take over the running of the farm'
9 hrs
  -> Thank you Andrew!
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Changes made by editors
Oct 19, 2009 - Changes made by Marga Shaw:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Oct 18, 2009 - Changes made by SJLD:
LevelPRO => Non-PRO


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