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German: aus dem Boden gestampft

English translation: new xxx sprang up over night







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German term or phrase:aus dem Boden gestampft
English translation:new xxx sprang up over night
Entered by:Christine Lam
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German to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
German term or phrase: aus dem Boden gestampft
es geht immer noch um die Entdeckung von Radon im Wasser und um die entsprechende Diskussion der Heilbaeder

An diesen Ortschaften wurden allein aufgrund der Verfuegbarkeit der Emanation neue Kurbaeder buchstaeblich aus dem Boden gestampft.

Ich weiss genau, was damit gemeint ist, finde jedoch keine passende Uebersetzung. Vielen Dank fuer euer Mitdenken
Christine Lam
Canada
new xxx sprang up over night
Explanation:
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Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Note from asker to answerer
thanks for all the great ideas!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2built overnight
Susanne Rindlisbacher
3 +2new xxx sprang up over nightDr. Fred Thomson
4built from the foundations up
Frosty
2appeared out of thin air
Jonathan MacKerron


  

Answers

7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
built overnight

Explanation:
conjured up out of nothing

www.wordreference.com/de/en/translation.asp?deen=Boden

Susanne Rindlisbacher
Portugal
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 SwissTell: pretty good!
3 mins
  -> Merci, SwissTell
agree Mariana Moreira
23 mins
  -> Danke, Mariana
neutral Armorel Young: it works as long as you leave out buchstäblich, because they didn't literally appear overnight (or literally out of thin air either)
15 hrs
  -> virtually?
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
new xxx sprang up over night

Explanation:
My take

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 41
Note from asker to answerer
thanks for all the great ideas!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Heike Reagan
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Heike
agree Laurel Porter: Goes beautifully with the Kurbaeder; sprang up overnight (one word) - or if it refers to an ongoing process (or period of activity) in the past, in the continuous (were springing up).
11 hrs
  -> Thank you, Laurel.
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
appeared out of thin air

Explanation:
another way to go

Jonathan MacKerron
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 60
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
built from the foundations up

Explanation:
a term often used in GB for building projects that are done on unspoilt land, i.e. land which is being built on for the very first time, as a contrast to redevelopment projects, where foundations, drains, water pipes etc are already available.

Frosty
Germany
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
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