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Liebe besiegt alles!!!

English translation: Love conquers all!!


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10:11 Oct 4, 2011
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Liebe
German term or phrase: Liebe besiegt alles!!!
...ist für die Inschrift eines Eherings :-)
Danke für Ihre Hilfe

Olivia
Olivia Jenkins
English translation:Love conquers all!!
Explanation:
This would be the traditional phrase. A bit corny now, but a commonly used saying.
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Jo27
Local time: 13:21
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8Love conquers all!!Jo27
4 +2Love Conqueres All
Nicole Schnell
4Love is the answer
Juliana Mraz


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Love conquers all!!


Explanation:
This would be the traditional phrase. A bit corny now, but a commonly used saying.

Jo27
Local time: 13:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Goldcoaster
17 mins

agree  mill
1 hr

agree  TranslatorRach
1 hr

agree  Ioana Claudia Popa, DMD, PhD: Well, I would say "love conquers everything", this is the way I heard native speakers putting it. It's basically the same thing :-)
3 hrs

agree  BrigitteHilgner: But I would drop the exclamation marks
3 hrs

agree  Rebecca Garber: w/ Brigitte
3 hrs

agree  RegineMac
4 hrs

agree  jccantrell
6 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Love Conqueres All


Explanation:
This beautiful saying is derived from Latin "omnia vincit amor" by Virgil (70 BC – 19 BC), Eclogue X, line 69

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases:_O#omnia_...

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Note added at 11 mins (2011-10-04 10:22:57 GMT)
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Cough, cough. "Conquers", not "conqueres". BTW: No tacky exclamation points, except you wish to yell at your spouse and sound like a jerk.

Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 05:21
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  franglish
10 mins
  -> Thanks, franglish!

agree  Horst Huber: I guess Chaucer's Prioress quotes the Latin? Do the !! indicate surprise?
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Horst! :-)
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1 day1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Love is the answer


Explanation:
alternativ: Love takes you higher, Love rules,...just some things that came to my mind. :)

Juliana Mraz
Germany
Local time: 14:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
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