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Buergereid ablegen

English translation: to take the citizen's oath

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German term or phrase:	Buergereid ablegen
English translation:	to take the citizen's oath
Entered by:	Marie Lowrie

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12:55 Aug 2, 2003

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Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Shipping

German term or phrase: Buergereid ablegen

in Hamburg seinen Bürgereid als Schiffer ab

Marie Lowrie KudoZ activity Questions: 257 (1 open) Answers: 3
Local time: 09:54

to take the citizen's oath

Explanation:
and it is not necessarely connected to shipping

Selected response from:

SwissTell
Local time: 04:54

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4 +3

to take the citizen's oath

SwissTell

to permit Citizen oath placing

Sanaa Omrany

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8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

to take the citizen's oath

Explanation:
and it is not necessarely connected to shipping

SwissTell
Local time: 04:54
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Kathi Stock: Ein jeder Bürger, wenn er zwanzig Jahre alt ist, muss sich in das Bürgerregister seines Kantons einschreiben lassen und den Eid ablegen: "seinem Vaterlande zu dienen, und der Sache der Freiheit und Gleichheit als ein guter und getreuer Bürger mit aller Pü

2 mins

-> danke Kathi. Das mit den Kantonen scheint mir zwar eher Schweiz zu sagen, aber grundsätzlich stimmt es dennoch

agree

TonyTK: Don't like the sound of the "Pü" - is it something to do with the Swiss navy?

36 mins

agree

Terranova: the citizen oath in Hamburg only referred to the city of Hamburg, only young men could apply to take this oath, which gave special rights to its members, it was founded in 1410 and still today the Hamburg parliament is named Bürgerschaft

8 hrs

4 hrs confidence:

to permit Citizen oath placing

Explanation:
as a firm loyality

Sanaa Omrany
Egypt
Local time: 10:54
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English

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