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German: lebensfreundlich

English translation: hospitable







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German term or phrase:lebensfreundlich
English translation:hospitable
Entered by:Hilary Davies
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9:52pm Mar 30, 2006Login or register (free) for more options.
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Social Sciences - Geography
German term or phrase: lebensfreundlich
Hello all! Anyone got a good suggestion for "lebensfreundlich" in the following sentence?

"Das tropische Klima ist äußerst lebensfreundlich und fruchtbar."

Thanks a lot!
Hilary Davies
United Kingdom
hospitable
Explanation:
Another option...
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Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Note from asker to answerer
Great suggestions, thank you very much! I ended up using Claire's.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1conducive to lifeCilian O'Tuama
4lush, fecund, fertileAndras Malatinszky
2hospitable
Claire Cox
1bio-supportive
Andrew Swift
1eco-friendly
Alev Ellington


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
eco-friendly

Explanation:
Since the discussion subject is the climate I’d suggest ‘environment friendly’ or ‘eco-friendly’.

Alev Ellington
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
bio-supportive

Explanation:
Another CL1 answer because it sounds made up.

Andrew Swift
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
lush, fecund, fertile

Explanation:
If you want to be more literal, you can also use "friendly to life" like the Stanford folks in this news release


    Reference: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/95/951213marslife.html
Andras Malatinszky
United States
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
hospitable

Explanation:
Another option...

Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Great suggestions, thank you very much! I ended up using Claire's.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
conducive to life

Explanation:
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Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Eckhard Boehle: many thousand references (although some like "search for extrasolar planets that would be conducive to life")
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