hohlweg
English translation: old pathways
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| 13:58 Dec 26, 2002 |
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|  Selected response from: Nancy Arrowsmith Local time: 01:39 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | trackway |
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| 5 +1 | sunken road |
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| 4 +1 | sunken road / narrow pass |
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| 4 | defiles, gullys, ravines and the like |
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| 4 | trample path |
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| 4 | hollow trail / hollowed-out trail |
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| 3 +1 | old roadways |
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4 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1trackway Explanation: www.ausgraeberei.de/woerterbuch/eng_s-z.htm Ein Hohlweg ist ein zwischen steilen Anhängen tief eingeschnittener Weg. |
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4 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1sunken road Explanation: hohlweg = hulvej in Danish. Hulvej = sunken road Gyldendals r�de ordb�ger |
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defiles, gullys, ravines and the like Explanation: Wahrig defines Hohlweg as a Weg durch einen Gelaendeeinschnitt, z.B., eine Schlucht. |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1sunken road / narrow pass Explanation: Reference: Muret-Sanders. I also found "ravine", "Hollow" and gorge" but in your context they mean a man made road. Sunken road might be a solution for your context. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-12-26 17:18:45 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Another possibility would be walled road, in case the walls were part of the rampart. There are 123 google entries and some appear fitting for your context. |
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4 hrs confidence:
trample path Explanation: or worn-out path, but sunken path makes sense, too. Trample path is most familiar to American ears, though. |
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hollow trail / hollowed-out trail Explanation: perhaps the most famous Hohle Strasse i.e. Hohle Gasse is the one near Kuessnacht-Schwyz in Switzerland where Wilhelm Tell shot the tyrant Gessler. See also Schiller and his play according to which Tell was waiting for the tyrant there, in that hollowed-out trail, uttering to himself "Durch diese hohle Gasse muss er kommen..". |
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11 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1old roadways Explanation: that cut into the landscape. Hohlwege are not paved in any way, and the movement on them and the rains washing through them make them appear sunken. They are important ecosystems and are now endangered. |
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