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pijedestal

German translation: Piedestal

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Serbian term or phrase:pijedestal
German translation:Piedestal
Entered by: Kristina Kolic

21:54 Dec 16, 2009
Serbian to German translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Serbian term or phrase: pijedestal
„Glavešine” univerziteta su šetale s jedne školske proslave na drugu da bi tamo na rečima veličali junačko žrtvovanje, vaših vojnika, žrtvovanje koje nisu hteli da dele, a koje im je služilo kao vlastiti pijedestal.
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Piedestal
Explanation:
Pie|des|tal [pie...], das; -s, -e [frz. piédestal < älter ital. piedestallo, aus: piede= Fuß (< lat. pes, Gen.: pedis) u. stallo= Sitz]:

1. (Archit.) Sockel; sockelartiger Ständer.

2. (bildungsspr.) hohes Gestell mit schräg gestellten Beinen für Vorführungen (bes. von Tieren) im Zirkus.

© Duden - Deutsches Universalwörterbuch, 6. Aufl. Mannheim 2006 [CD-ROM].

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Note added at 6 Min. (2009-12-16 22:00:26 GMT)
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natürlich hat das wort eine übertragene bedeutung in dem kontext. hier geht es um eine "hohe gesellschaftliche rangordnung".
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Denis Mihajlovic
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Local time: 20:12
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hvala ;-)
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Piedestal


Explanation:
Pie|des|tal [pie...], das; -s, -e [frz. piédestal < älter ital. piedestallo, aus: piede= Fuß (< lat. pes, Gen.: pedis) u. stallo= Sitz]:

1. (Archit.) Sockel; sockelartiger Ständer.

2. (bildungsspr.) hohes Gestell mit schräg gestellten Beinen für Vorführungen (bes. von Tieren) im Zirkus.

© Duden - Deutsches Universalwörterbuch, 6. Aufl. Mannheim 2006 [CD-ROM].

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Note added at 6 Min. (2009-12-16 22:00:26 GMT)
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natürlich hat das wort eine übertragene bedeutung in dem kontext. hier geht es um eine "hohe gesellschaftliche rangordnung".

Denis Mihajlovic
Germany
Local time: 20:12
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 74
Grading comment
hvala ;-)

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