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unauffällig

English translation: unremarkable


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16:32 Sep 17, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics / Studies on dialects
German term or phrase: unauffällig
The term 'unauffällig' in the context bellow:

could it be unremarkable or humble

Die Empfindungen der Probanden aus den Altbundesländern bzgl. des Erfurter Dialektes hielten sich die Waage zwischen positiv und negativ.

Während ihn viele von ihnen als ***unauffällig***, unbefremdlich, angenehm und wenig ausgeprägt beschrieben, war er nach der Meinung anderer unangenehm, unschön, hart, derb und unsympatisch.
Anna Muntean Stacanova
United States
Local time: 15:56
English translation:unremarkable
Explanation:
I agree with your first suggestion.
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 14:56
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Summary of answers provided
4 +11unremarkable
Kim Metzger
3 +3unobtrusive
Annett Kottek
4 +1self-effacing, low-key
Sherin Khullar
3 +1nondescript
Frosty
3inconspicuous
Goldcoaster


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
self-effacing, low-key


Explanation:
I shan't venture the more obvious 'inconspicuous'.

Sherin Khullar
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: No, I agree, not inconspicuous. Thesaurus.com might have solved this more quickly!
2 mins

neutral  Jim Tucker: (used of a dialect?)
3 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
nondescript


Explanation:
When used as an adjective: plain, dull, having no extraordinary features.

Frosty
Local time: 21:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  philgoddard
1 min
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
unremarkable


Explanation:
I agree with your first suggestion.

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 14:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 123
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
1 min

agree  Blaess
21 mins

agree  AngelikaJP: that is it
43 mins

agree  Annett Kottek
54 mins

agree  Ingrid Moore
1 hr

agree  Anne-Marie Grant
2 hrs

agree  Michele Johnson: Side note: I live in Erfurt myself!
2 hrs

agree  Jim Tucker
3 hrs

agree  Helen Shiner
6 hrs

agree  beermatt: mhm.
12 hrs

agree  urbom
21 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
inconspicuous


Explanation:
the term usually associated with the characteristics of a person

Goldcoaster
Switzerland
Local time: 21:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jim Tucker: (aren't we talking about a dialect here?)
2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
unobtrusive


Explanation:
Another option, which might work here.

Annett Kottek
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Astrid Elke Johnson: Yes, I like this suggestion.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Astrid.

agree  Andrew Swift
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Andrew.

agree  beermatt: also possible, depending on context.
10 hrs
  -> Thank you, beermatt.
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