nichts bei "Was zum Lachen" verloren

English translation: not to belong

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German term or phrase:	nichts bei "Was zum Lachen" verloren
English translation:	not to belong
Entered by:	Mozart (X)

08:26 Oct 21, 2004

German to English translations [PRO]
Internet, e-Commerce

German term or phrase: nichts bei "Was zum Lachen" verloren

Versuchen Sie ins richtige Forum zu posten! Eine Frage zu dem Forum hat z.B. nichts bei "Was zum Lachen" verloren.

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Ninini

not to belong

Explanation:
"Nichts verloren haben" means "not to belong somewhere". In this case, I would phrase it: "A question about the forum should not be posted in the "Humour" [or whatever] section."

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IanW (X)
Local time: 05:18

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4 +9

not to belong

IanW (X)

4 +3

explanation

Louise Mawbey

3 +2

does not belong under "Humour"

Dierk Widmann

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

nichts verloren haben

not to belong

Explanation:
"Nichts verloren haben" means "not to belong somewhere". In this case, I would phrase it: "A question about the forum should not be posted in the "Humour" [or whatever] section."

IanW (X)
Local time: 05:18
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

nichts bei explanation

Explanation:
It appears that "Was zum Lachen" is the name of the forum and someone has posted a question to this forum which has absolutely nothing to do with the forum - it has been wrongly posted.

The forum could be translated as

"The lighter side" or "On the funny side" or something like that.

HTH

Louise Mawbey
Germany
Local time: 05:18
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

nichts bei does not belong under "Humour"

Explanation:
Possible translation:

"Try to post matters under the correct forum. Any question relating to the forum should not be posted under 'Humour'."

"nichts verloren haben" = "nichts zu suchen haben" = "nicht hingehören" as in DUDEN.

"Was zum Lachen" is probably a header for a forum, best translated with "Humour".

Dierk Widmann
Germany
Local time: 05:18
Native speaker of:

German

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