Im Rössel und im Sterne.

English translation: At the Horse Inn and The Star Inn.

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German term or phrase:	Im Rössel und im Sterne.
English translation:	At the Horse Inn and The Star Inn.
Entered by:	Maya Jurt

13:28 Aug 29, 2001

German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary

German term or phrase: Im Rössel und im Sterne.

Literary. Drama. 1830s.
Character 1: Nice Weather
Character 2: Sunday weather, and music in town. The girls are already there, everybody's sweating. It's hoppin'.
Character 1: A dance, they're dancing.
Character 2: ***Im Rössel und im Sterne.***
Character 1: Dance, Dance.

A previous translation says: "At the Horse and and the Star." Is this a Sprichwort I haven't heard of? Idiomatic? I've exhausted my dictionary resources. Thanks.

Bryan Kampbell (X)

At the Horse Inn and The Star Inn.

Explanation:
Very popular names for restaurants. One does not say, Im Gasthaus zum Sternen, but Im Sternen.

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Maya Jurt
Switzerland
Local time: 06:24

Grading comment

Thanks to both of you who answered. I wasn't aware that people would shorten pub names in that way, so I choose this answer because I learned something from it. Thanks again.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

a pub

Kim Metzger

At the Horse Inn and The Star Inn.

Maya Jurt

Answers

2 mins

a pub

Explanation:
This sounds very much like the name of a German Gasthaus (pub).

Lit major

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 22:24
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 22192

6 mins

At the Horse Inn and The Star Inn.

Explanation:
Very popular names for restaurants. One does not say, Im Gasthaus zum Sternen, but Im Sternen.

Maya Jurt
Switzerland
Local time: 06:24
Native speaker of:

German,

French
PRO pts in pair: 545

Grading comment

Thanks to both of you who answered. I wasn't aware that people would shorten pub names in that way, so I choose this answer because I learned something from it. Thanks again.

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