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seeteufel

English translation: Anglerfish, Bullmouth, Devilfish, Frogfish, Goosefish, Monkfish

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German term or phrase:Seeteufel
English translation: Anglerfish, Bullmouth, Devilfish, Frogfish, Goosefish, Monkfish
Entered by: Sven Petersson

11:54 Dec 11, 2001
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
German term or phrase: seeteufel
I am looking for the english word for the fish "Seeteufel"
bettyh
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:23
Anglerfish, Bullmouth, Devilfish, Frogfish, Goosefish, Monkfish
Explanation:
German: Seeteufel, Angler
English: Anglerfish, Bullmouth, Devilfish, Frogfish, Goosefish, Monkfish

"Seeteufel" is used for any fish belonging to the order Lophiiformes.
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 04:23
Grading comment
Thank you!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4monkfish /Anglerfish/frogfish
lone (X)
4 +2anglerfish
Juan Kriete
5 +1Anglerfish, Bullmouth, Devilfish, Frogfish, Goosefish, Monkfish
Sven Petersson
4 +1monkfish
Andrea Buttgen
5monkfish
Gerard Reid (X)
4sea devil
Andy Lemminger
4monkfish
Uschi (Ursula) Walke
3Monkfish
rangepost


  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
anglerfish


Explanation:
That is one of the posible translations.

Other : frogfish, sea devil, monkfish


Juan Kriete
Spain
Local time: 03:23
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pro Lingua
18 mins
  -> Thank You
neutral  Sven Petersson: Please see below!
26 mins
agree  yeswhere: Seeteufel certainly covers many kinds of fish! Perhaps the context (or an illustration) would determine the one you want. For instance: Anglerfish live in very deep water and are seldom seen. Monkfish are often sighted on the surface and can be
1 hr
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sea devil


Explanation:
out of dictionary


    DicData
Andy Lemminger
Canada
Local time: 20:23
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 1127

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Uschi (Ursula) Walke: most Sea Devils are ships! Bon apetit! Ships and chips!
22 mins
  -> very crispy though ;-)
neutral  Sven Petersson: Please see below!
34 mins
neutral  yeswhere: Lots of different sea devils. What the devil is required here!!??
1 hr
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
monkfish


Explanation:
A Seeteufel is a monkfish!


    Collins dictionary
Andrea Buttgen
Canada
Local time: 22:23
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sven Petersson: Please see below!
29 mins
agree  Gerard Reid (X)
59 mins
neutral  yeswhere: and apparently many other very different fish too!
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
monkfish /Anglerfish/frogfish


Explanation:
Maybe you can use one of these terms.
Good luck

TERM Atlantischer Seeteufel

Reference Multilingual Illustrated Dictionary of Aquatic Animals and Plants, 2nd edition, 1998, European Commission
(2)
TERM Seeteufel

Reference Multilingual Illustrated Dictionary of Aquatic Animals and Plants, 2nd edition, 1998, European Commission
(3)
TERM Angler

Reference Multilingual Illustrated Dictionary of Aquatic Animals and Plants, 2nd edition, 1998, European Commission
(4)
TERM Europäischer Seeteufel

Reference Multilingual Illustrated Dictionary of Aquatic Animals and Plants, 2nd edition, 1998, European Commission



(1)
TERM anglerfish

Reference Multilingual Illustrated Dictionary of Aquatic Animals and Plants, 2nd edition, 1998, European Commission
(2)
TERM frogfish

Reference Multilingual Illustrated Dictionary of Aquatic Animals and Plants, 2nd edition, 1998, European Commission
(3)
TERM sea devil

Reference Multilingual Illustrated Dictionary of Aquatic Animals and Plants, 2nd edition, 1998, European
TERM monkfish

Reference Multilingual Illustrated Dictionary of Aquatic Animals and Plants, 2nd edition, 1998, European Commission




    Euradicautom
lone (X)
Canada
Local time: 22:23
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in pair: 330

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maya Jurt
6 mins
agree  Pro Lingua
13 mins
neutral  Sven Petersson: Please see below!
18 mins
agree  Ingrid Grzeszik
23 mins
agree  yeswhere: all are correct according to dictionaries but which devil is meant here? They are all very different fish. Give us a little more context.
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
monkfish


Explanation:
Seeteufel = Lophius piscatorius =

monkfish (27300 google hits)

other names are Goosefish (1080 hits), Anglerfish (3140).

The monkfish is winning!

HTH

Uschi (Ursula) Walke
Local time: 12:23
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 492

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pro Lingua
1 min
disagree  Sven Petersson: Lophius piscatorius is only one of 250 species of "Seeteufel"!
7 mins
  -> Great! then we need 250 translations or could we go for the most popular sea devil (monkfish)?
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Anglerfish, Bullmouth, Devilfish, Frogfish, Goosefish, Monkfish


Explanation:
German: Seeteufel, Angler
English: Anglerfish, Bullmouth, Devilfish, Frogfish, Goosefish, Monkfish

"Seeteufel" is used for any fish belonging to the order Lophiiformes.


    Smiths' Sea Fishes, Margret M Smith & Phillip C Heemstra, ISBN 1 86812 032 5
    Reference: http://www.scotland.de/landleut/la-namen.htm
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 04:23
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1641
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Uschi (Ursula) Walke: I wish I had the book! Which English term would you use?
18 mins
  -> S&H favour "Anglerfish" (afrikaans "Hengelaars"). They are the world authorities on the subject!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
monkfish


Explanation:
The Collins Large German Dictionary © 1999 HarperCollins Publishers

Gerard Reid (X)
Local time: 04:23
PRO pts in pair: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sven Petersson: See above!
2 mins
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Monkfish


Explanation:
From wordreference.com

rangepost
Local time: 19:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 66
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