zuhaus
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that is my homeland, that's where I'm home Explanation: This is from the first verse of the 'Friesenlied' (see URLs below). Heimat is really difficult to translate (at least for me), but a close equivalent might be homeland. The sentence is somewhat redundant as I'm sure you have noticed. BTW, the query sentence should read 'da ist', as the version with the number 'one' makes no sense and the number one could easily be mistaken for an 'i'. Cheerio, Dierk Reference: http://www.tierfreunde.ch/gvf/lieder/friesen.htm Reference: http://shanty-ippinghausen.de/noten/friesenl.htm |
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zuhause Explanation: Dear Joyce, In American English, this would be equivalent to "at home" as where one lives and where one feels comfortable. Hope this helps. Cindy |
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thtis is where my home is, there II feel at home Explanation: "Heimat" and "zuhaus" pretty much mean the same here. This is a phrase from a German folk song conveying a close connection to one's home, where one was raised. "Zuhaus" dropped the "e" at the end for poetic reasons. HTH |
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this is where my home is, this is where I live Explanation: "Heimat" means the place where I was born and/or grew up and "zuhaus" (zu hause) is where I live, where my home is (the poet wants to convey that he loves his homeland and the place where he lives) |
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That's where I come from, I feel at home there. Explanation: One more possibility: That's where I come from, I feel at home there. http://www.yale.edu/german/german118/lieder.html - HTH Dan |
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4 Explanation: 4 4 4 |
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"That's my country, that's my home" Explanation: The translations already given by my colleagues are not wrong. However, this carries the emotional directness of the original much better. It has a good literary (poetic, or prose) cadence. Heimat: this means home region. The region may be small, like a city, but usually is larger, like a land or country. Substitute land for country if need be. Remember "This land is your land, this land is ..." Ich bin zuhause: This is directly and plainly a declaration of where my home IS. Not where I fell at home, etc., although that may be why you choose a certain place to call home. So "that's my home" is the logical way to say it. Nice question! |
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That land is my land, where I feel at home Explanation: We do have a similar song, so why not use it? |
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