Meilemer Grümpelturnier

English translation: soccer meet

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German term or phrase:Grümpelturnier
English translation:soccer meet
Entered by: Medic (X)

17:43 May 28, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
German term or phrase: Meilemer Grümpelturnier
Beide Kinder hatten ihre Abschiedsparties. Satchmo (9) wünschte sich, mit seinen SchulfreundInnen vor seiner Abreise aus der Schweiz am Meilemer Grümpelturnier teilzunehmen. Er stellte sein Team selber zusammen – natürlich mit den besten FreundInnen! Shane (5) wollte eine traditionelle Abschiedsparty mit vielen Süssigkeiten und seinen FreundInnen
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soccer meet
Explanation:
Grümpelturnier: It's a soccer meet in which local clubs of a municipality compete against each other until one club is ultimately victorious. Usually the clubs' teams are made up of adults, but there are also childrens' teams.
Source: Experience in Germany.
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Explanation:
Grümpel, grümpeln- dialect form of Krümel, krümeln (crumb)
A google search came up with several 100 references to tournaments, mostly soccer, but also tennis - all in Switzerland and adjacent areas
From what I could gather it's a special tournament organized for kids,, in your case in a township called Meilem.
Kids' tournament might be an option, with the original in brackets(or vice versa)


    Reference: http://www.gleichamberg.de/Bmundart.htm.
Johanna Timm, PhD
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soccer meet


Explanation:
Grümpelturnier: It's a soccer meet in which local clubs of a municipality compete against each other until one club is ultimately victorious. Usually the clubs' teams are made up of adults, but there are also childrens' teams.
Source: Experience in Germany.

Medic (X)
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Explanation:
Both kids had their farewell parties. Satchmo (9) wished to participate in the "Meilemer Grümpelturnier" (Local children's tournament) with his schoolmates, before his departure from Switzerland. He put his own team together, naturally loaded with his best girlfriends! Shane (5) wanted a traditional farewell party with lots of sweets, in company of his girlfriends.

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