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Er wird sich in einer Höhle verstecken

English translation: He will hide in a cave.

15:20 Dec 11, 2001
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
German term or phrase: Er wird sich in einer Höhle verstecken
Er wird sich in einer Höhle
verstecken
anglist
English translation:He will hide in a cave.
Explanation:
literal

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Note added at 2001-12-12 14:28:57 (GMT)
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He is going to hide in a cave is also a correct literal translation
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Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 15:23
Grading comment
ok
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +7He will hide in a cave.
Dr. Fred Thomson
4 +2He will hide in a cave
Olav Rixen
4 +1he'll go and hide out in a cave
mckinnc
4 +1He is going to hide in a cave
patpending
5He will hide in a cave
5He will hide in a cave
5 -1He will be hidden in a cave
Alan Johnson
4He's going to hide in a cave.
jessamine
4One more possibility, not referring to future tense
Sibyl Marquardt
2He will hide himself in a cave
rangepost


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
He will hide in a cave.


Explanation:
literal

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Note added at 2001-12-12 14:28:57 (GMT)
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He is going to hide in a cave is also a correct literal translation

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 15:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 5861
Grading comment
ok

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters
2 hrs
agree  Henri (X)
2 hrs
agree  Herwig Klost (X): my own translation. That's it!
3 hrs
agree  Thomas Bollmann
5 hrs
agree  Elvira Stoianov
6 hrs
agree  Maya Jurt: Without context, difficult to say. But if the sentence is sort of supposing, then it should be: He will/he might be hiding in a cave.
6 hrs
agree  Jacqueline McKay (X)
20 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
he'll go and hide out in a cave


Explanation:
might work

mckinnc
Local time: 23:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 335

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mary Worby: Could work! Wonder which international terrorist we might be talking about! (-:
16 mins
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
He will hide in a cave


Explanation:
Native German speaker

Olav Rixen
Canada
Local time: 14:23
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 230

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henri (X)
2 hrs
agree  Thomas Bollmann
5 hrs
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
He will be hidden in a cave


Explanation:
None needed

Alan Johnson
Germany
Local time: 23:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 3391

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Olav Rixen: Wrong! This is not a passive case. "Sich verstecken" is to hide.
15 mins
  -> Should be obvious to anyone (but me:-(
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
He will hide himself in a cave


Explanation:
none


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rangepost
Local time: 14:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 66

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Dr. Fred Thomson: No reflexive required in the English.
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
He is going to hide in a cave


Explanation:
My spontaneous reaction.

Recent press comments suggest a cave my not be the safest place!



patpending
Local time: 22:23
PRO pts in pair: 51

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Thomas Bollmann: could work
3 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
He's going to hide in a cave.


Explanation:
wird = future tense - he will (in the future) perform this action.

jessamine
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
He will hide in a cave


Explanation:
self evident


Native speaker of:
PRO pts in pair: 12

3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
He will hide in a cave


Explanation:
self evident


Native speaker of:
PRO pts in pair: 12

23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
One more possibility, not referring to future tense


Explanation:
sometimes, if you are asking something along the lines of: what's he likely to do in this situation?, the answer might well be "well, what do you think? He's probably hiding in a cave."

In this context, "Er wird sich (wohl) in einer Höhle verstecken" could refer to the present tense and mean "he's (probably) hiding in a cave".

HTH and doesn't confuse you further :-)

Sibyl

Sibyl Marquardt
Italy
Local time: 23:23
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 24
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