das Tobel

English translation: (forest) gorge or ravine

14:46 Dec 11, 2001
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
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German term or phrase: das Tobel
der Bach rauscht durch das dunkle Tobel.
Annette Connolly
English translation:(forest) gorge or ravine
Explanation:
Tobel = Schlucht im Wald, Senke, i.e. a forest gorge or a ravine. There are plenty of hits for both "forest gorge" and "forest ravine" under google, one example given below
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4(forest) gorge or ravine
Hubbit
5gorge/ravine/canyon
5gorge/ravine/canyon
5gorge/ravine/canyon
5gorge/canyon/ravine
5gorge/canyon/ravine
5gorge/canyon/ravine
5gorge/canyon/ravine
4ravine, gorge
Maya Jurt
4gorge
Caro Maucher
2Flume, Ravine
Kieran Treeby (X)


  

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(forest) gorge or ravine


Explanation:
Tobel = Schlucht im Wald, Senke, i.e. a forest gorge or a ravine. There are plenty of hits for both "forest gorge" and "forest ravine" under google, one example given below


    Wahrig
    Reference: http://www.northwestoutdoors.com/nez-perce/tour_2.asp
Hubbit
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mary Worby
15 mins

agree  Gerard Reid (X)
19 mins

agree  Sheila Hardie
1 hr

agree  Maya Jurt: If you see the ravines or gorger in Switzerland or Austria, there is not much room left for trees. Bushes yes. They may or may not be situated in a forest. Dark means simply that there is not much light. Duden: narrow gorge
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ravine, gorge


Explanation:
This is a Swiss and Austrian term for ravine or gorge

Maya Jurt
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gorge


Explanation:
a narrow gorge, especially in a wood - maybe there is another English term which implies that it is wooded?

Caro Maucher
Germany
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mary Worby: Afraid not ... we can only do it by putting a 'wood' or a 'forest' in front!
3 mins

neutral  Dr. Fred Thomson: The word is "sylvan."
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Flume, Ravine


Explanation:
Based on the German description of Tobel in the Duden Deutsches Universal Wörterbuch. Don´t know if it´s a perfect translation, but it fits...

Kieran Treeby (X)
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gorge/ravine/canyon


Explanation:
ein Tobel ist eine enge Schlucht.

Duden


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gorge/ravine/canyon


Explanation:
ein Tobel ist eine enge Schlucht.

Duden


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gorge/ravine/canyon


Explanation:
ein Tobel ist eine enge Schlucht.

Duden


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gorge/canyon/ravine


Explanation:
ein Tobel ist eine enge Schlucht


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gorge/canyon/ravine


Explanation:
ein Tobel ist eine enge Schlucht


Native speaker of:
PRO pts in pair: 12

5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
gorge/canyon/ravine


Explanation:
ein Tobel ist eine enge Schlucht


Native speaker of:
PRO pts in pair: 12

5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
gorge/canyon/ravine


Explanation:
ein Tobel ist eine enge Schlucht


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