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lebensfreundlich

English translation: hospitable

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German term or phrase:	lebensfreundlich
English translation:	hospitable
Entered by:	Hilary Davies Shelby

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21:52 Mar 30, 2006

German to English translations [PRO]
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 Shelby KudoZ activity Questions: 557 (8 open) (5 without valid answers) (31 closed without grading) Answers: 525 United States
Local time: 07:25

hospitable

Explanation:
Another option...

Selected response from:

Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:25

Grading comment

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 +1

conducive to life

Cilian O'Tuama

lush, fecund, fertile

Andras Malatinszky

hospitable

Claire Cox

bio-supportive

Andrew Swift

eco-friendly

Alev Ellington

Answers

21 mins confidence:

eco-friendly

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

Alev Ellington
United States
Local time: 07:25
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Turkish

48 mins confidence:

bio-supportive

Explanation:
Another CL1 answer because it sounds made up.

Andrew Swift
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:25
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

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
Local time: 08:25
Native speaker of:

Hungarian

1 hr confidence:

hospitable

Explanation:
Another option...

Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:25
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Great suggestions, thank you very much! I ended up using Claire's.

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

conducive to life

Explanation:
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