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über den Abgrund

English translation: over a cliff/crevice/canyon/gully

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German term or phrase:	über den Abgrund
English translation:	over a cliff/crevice/canyon/gully
Entered by:	Z.E. Ball

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19:16 Apr 2, 2008

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

German term or phrase: über den Abgrund

Wer ist alles schon über den Abgrund geflogen?

I am translating a concept for a children's eductional story book containing characters that fly....in other words insects. This is one of the sample questions teachers can ask children aged 5-8 after they have read one of the stories.

I have no other context or info than this, so would be grateful if someone could help me. TIA!

Z.E. Ball KudoZ activity Questions: 79 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 178
Local time: 14:19

over a cliff

Explanation:
Did that once in a helicopter over the Grand Canyon. Boy, your stomach wants to find the exit, even though YOU do not move vertically.

Selected response from:

jccantrell
Local time: 05:19

Grading comment

Agree...for the age level, this fits best. Thanks jccantrell and for the cliffhanging story!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +5

over a cliff

jccantrell

3 +1

over an abyss

babli

over a precipice

Erika Berrai-Flynn

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5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

over a cliff

Explanation:
Did that once in a helicopter over the Grand Canyon. Boy, your stomach wants to find the exit, even though YOU do not move vertically.

jccantrell
Local time: 05:19
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

Agree...for the age level, this fits best. Thanks jccantrell and for the cliffhanging story!

14 mins confidence:

over a precipice

Explanation:
Laut Link.

Reference: http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewWrongentry.php?idThread=51464&...

Erika Berrai-Flynn
United States
Local time: 14:19
Native speaker of:

German

11 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

over an abyss

Explanation:

Abgrund also means abyss.

Reference: http://beolingus.co

babli
Local time: 17:49
Native speaker of:

Hindi
PRO pts in category: 2

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