Unterhaar

English translation: undercoat

12:41 Sep 11, 2006

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing / Fibres

German term or phrase: Unterhaar

"Es zeichnet sich durch besondere Feinheit aus, sein Vlies (geschorenes Unterhaar) ist extrem lang, leicht gewellt und außergewöhnlich weich."

I'm working on a website about bowel-liquefyingly expensive toys. The above sentence is about alpaca hair.

Strangely enough, I can't find "Unterhaar" anywhere and it could mean a number of things. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would be very grateful.

Many thanks

Ian

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Local time: 19:17

English translation:undercoat

Explanation:
Generell wäre Unterhaar undercoat, aber am ganzen Körper. Leider kenne ich mich weiter mit Alpacas nicht aus.

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Note added at 23 mins (2006-09-11 13:04:56 GMT)
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Doch, das Wort gibt es
http://www.duden.de/index2.html?duden-suche/werke/felix/000/...

Das Unterhaar scheint auch bei Cashmere-Ziegen verwendet zu werden.

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Andrea Black
United States
Local time: 12:17

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Thanks - especially to Rebecca
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undercoat

Andrea Black

underwool

Anton Baer

1 -1

Unterhair

mustafaer

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undercoat

Andrea Black
United States
Local time: 12:17
Native speaker of: German
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Thanks - especially to Rebecca

3 hrs confidence:

underwool

Explanation:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/underwool

un·der·wool Pronunciation (ndr-wl)
n.
The soft woolly undercoat of certain animals, especially sheep.

http://home.att.net/~lostcreekllamas/fiber.html

Classic llamas have distinctly double coats with more guard hair and markedly less wool density than the coats of guanacoes and vicuñas. Classic llamas' shed fiber combs out readily, unlike any other lama (guanacoes and vicuñas do indeed shed, but other fleece characteristics make them difficult to comb). The underwool ranges from somewhat short to very short. Although classic llamas are found in the full natural color range of any other llama or alpaca, the guard hairs are frequently a different color than the underwool, and the inability to remove all guard hair from the combings means that the resulting natural colors are not as distinctive or pure as those of alpaca or woolly llamas.

Anton Baer
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

44 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

Unterhair

Explanation:
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-09-11 15:57:17 GMT)
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should be UNDERHAIR and is explained under http://www.bartelby.com/61/25/U0052550.html as "A covering of soft downy hairs lying underneath the outer hairs of an animal's coat; an undercoat." sorry for the misspelt wording

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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-09-11 16:04:24 GMT)
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the underhair is also a hairfall put on the head under a hat (http://www.hatswithhair.com/UnderhairIntro.aspx)

mustafaer
Türkiye
Local time: 20:17
Native speaker of:

Turkish,

English

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