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Moraeste

English translation: swamp

17:33 Jan 25, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary / 1844 book
German term or phrase: Moraeste
The many Moraeste that grew up changed the otherwise healthy stay into a land of fever and pestilence.

Plants? Animals? Tribes? Pollution?
Gillian Searl
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:32
English translation:swamp
Explanation:
Can be mud, but in this context I think it is clearly a swamp.

Hope this helps
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pschmitt
Local time: 18:32
Grading comment
Thanks - morass didn't mean much to me
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4morass
Andy Lemminger
4swamp
pschmitt
4swampy areas
jccantrell


  

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0 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
morass


Explanation:
=Morast (I suppose)

Andy Lemminger
Canada
Local time: 11:32
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 1127

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RWSTranslation
29 mins
agree  Kim Metzger
34 mins
agree  Klaus Herrmann
1 hr
agree  ekenar
3 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
swamp


Explanation:
Can be mud, but in this context I think it is clearly a swamp.

Hope this helps

pschmitt
Local time: 18:32
PRO pts in pair: 406
Grading comment
Thanks - morass didn't mean much to me
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
swampy areas


Explanation:
just another way of saying the same as above

jccantrell
United States
Local time: 10:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 4618
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