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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Landkreis

English translation:

county

Added to glossary by Helga Humlova
Oct 27, 2002 14:54
21 yrs ago
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German term

Landkreis

German to English Marketing Tourism & Travel tourism
Stadt

Proposed translations

+3
40 mins
Selected

county

for translations into US English: county
for translations into BR English: district
Peer comment(s):

agree Dr. Fred Thomson
10 mins
agree Carsten Hinz
35 mins
agree Jacqueline McKay (X)
13 days
neutral YorickJenkins : ok except that Id only use county for 100% American translations. County in British English means something different and people tend to veer towards the British meaning when they read Egnlish translations
1564 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ."
+2
2 mins

district

this would fit in a tourism context.
Peer comment(s):

agree Manuela Schilling
24 mins
Thanks.
agree Ron Stelter
1 day 4 hrs
Thanks and good night, at least here in Europe.
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+1
3 mins

(administrative) district

One possibility.
Reference:

Collins

Peer comment(s):

agree Manuela Schilling
23 mins
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+1
4 mins

See glossary

Administrative district (nothing to do with 'rural'. See glossary. In some parts of Germany it's called a Kreis. It's like a local authority in Britain, an area with its own local government.
Peer comment(s):

agree Manuela Schilling
23 mins
agree rapid
25 mins
disagree Carsten Hinz : no local government! thats wrong
1 hr
What do you think local government means? Kommunal- oder Gemeindeverwaltung
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