Probier

English translation: try

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German term or phrase:	Probier
English translation:	try
Entered by:	Dawn Montague

17:42 Mar 27, 2001

German to English translations [Non-PRO]

German term or phrase: Probier

Probier sie doch an!

Kim

try

Explanation:
"Try it on!"

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Dawn Montague
United States
Local time: 17:54

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na +1

try

Dawn Montague

try

Sibyl Marquardt

try (on) (Do try it on)

Elisa Capelão

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9 mins peer agreement (net): +1

try

Explanation:
"Try it on!"

basic German - personal experience

Dawn Montague
United States
Local time: 17:54
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 114

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8 hrs

try

Explanation:
I'd probably use

Why don't you try it on?

instead of just "try it on" as suggested above, simply because of the German "doch" in the sentence, which is more of of suggestion-type or even question-type thing rather than a command-like thing...

(yes, I know that "try it on" doesn't mean you have to do it, but still, the question form sounds nicer to me.)

HTH
Sibyl

Sibyl Marquardt
Italy
Local time: 23:54
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in pair: 24

9 hrs

try (on) (Do try it on)

Explanation:
Probier sie doch an = Do try it on.

"probier sie an" would be "try it on"
the doch is an intensifier, so your best translation will be the english "do" at the beginning of the sentence

knowledge of both languages

Elisa Capelão
Local time: 22:54
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 117

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