German: 1000 Körner SpargelsaatEnglish translation: 1000 asparagus seeds 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | 1000 Körner Spargelsaat | | English translation: | 1000 asparagus seeds | | Entered by: | tanja293 |
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Agriculture | | German term or phrase: 1000 Körner Spargelsaat | Als kleine Erinnerung an Ihren Besuch haben wir für Sie 1000 Körner Spargelsaat besorgt.
[Ich habe Probleme mit der Übersetzung des Ausdrucks "Körner" im Zusammenhang mit "Saat". Vielen Dank im Voraus für Eure Hilfe!] |
| | | 1000 asparagus seeds | Explanation:
Körner= seeds
Spargelsaat= asparagus seeds.
This style of double wording in German just doesn't work in English.
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Note added at 12 mins (2004-06-12 09:02:57 GMT)
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p.s. Asparagus seeds are big- that\'s why they call them Körner.
BTW that\'s a really big deal gift- it takes YEARS to get from seeds to something you can eat. Plus the seeds produce male and female plants. Only the male plants are used because the female puts all its energy into reproduction instead of feeding humans.
So you need to start with a thousand to have a decent chance of two or three useable plants in ten years time. |
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Gareth McMillan
Germany
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