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English translation: intimidating/imposing / naughty

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14:47 Apr 5, 2006

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Marketing - Marketing / Market Research

German term or phrase: Übergriffig

[Chocolate bar] XYZ hat aber auch etwas Übergriffiges:

„XYZ ist so mächtig. Von Mars läuft der Karamell überall raus und klebt dann überall.“

„XYZ muss man in einem Stück essen, kann nicht einteilen oder aufhören.“

„Heute muss alles schlank und fit sein. So wurde XYZ zum Teufel.“

This is from a morphological market research report about chocolate bar XYZ. The quotes in quotes are quotes (!) from participants in a focus group

Does anyone have any inkling what "übergriffig" could mean here?

Many thanks

Ian

xxxIanW KudoZ activity Questions: 632 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 2731
Local time: 19:25

English translation:intimidating/imposing / naughty

Explanation:
"intimidating/imposing" due to the chunkiness/size of it, OR "naughty" in the sense of roguish (as in the last example)
Depends on what they were referring to, of course.

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- daunting/challenging?

Selected response from:

xxxFrancis Lee
Local time: 19:25

Grading comment

In the end, I went with Frank's imposing suggestion ... thanks all round
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

XYZ is a force to be reckoned with

Hilary Davies Shelby

1 +1

intimidating/imposing / naughty

xxxFrancis Lee

1 +1

compelling

xxxNick Somers

overwhelming

David Hollywood

uncategorizable

Lori Dendy-Molz

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

intimidating/imposing / naughty

xxxFrancis Lee
Local time: 19:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 121

Grading comment

In the end, I went with Frank's imposing suggestion ... thanks all round

13 mins confidence:

uncategorizable

Explanation:
just a stab, but it might work

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Note added at 15 mins (2006-04-05 15:03:29 GMT)
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or "boundless," maybe?

Lori Dendy-Molz
Germany
Local time: 19:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 77

18 mins confidence:

overwhelming

Explanation:
can be spun in many directions but a sheer guess I admit ....

David Hollywood
Local time: 15:25
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 55

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

compelling

Explanation:
I looked up "overpowering" in my synonym book: overwhelming, irresistible (although there are other words for that)

xxxNick Somers
Local time: 19:25
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

1 hr confidence:

XYZ is a force to be reckoned with

Explanation:
- it's chunky and compact (better than Mars, which is messy/sticky)
- it's compelling - perhaps even a bit daunting in size - can't be shared or divided up
- is compared to the devil/something wicked

Hilary Davies Shelby
Local time: 12:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 36

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