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Fünffingerfrauenmantel

English translation: Cinquefoil lady's mantle

16:17 Feb 18, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / Wildflowers
German term or phrase: Fünffingerfrauenmantel
It occurs once in a text about the Alps
Fünffingerfrauenmantel, Alpenmargerite und Enzian blühen direkt neben der Straße.
I know nothing about plants, and it's not in any of my resources.
Thanks, Kevin
Kevin Fulton
United States
Local time: 17:36
English translation:Cinquefoil lady's mantle
Explanation:
I believe that cinquefoil is used for "fünffinger" in botany
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Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
Austria
Local time: 23:36
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone for their contribution. I didn't expect this to generate so much discussion!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5Cinquefoil lady's mantle
Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
3 +4Lady's mantle
Kim Metzger
4 +1Alpine lady's mantle
Lynda Hepburn
4Lady's Mantle
Ramey Rieger (X)
4Cut Leaved Lady's Mantle
Coqueiro
4Alchemilla Alpina
Gabriella Bertelmann


Discussion entries: 3





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Lady's mantle


Explanation:
Not sure about the Fünffinger, though.

Frauenmantel (Alchemilla) ist eine Pflanzengattung der Familie der Rosengewächse (Rosaceae), die in Europa, Asien und Afrika verbreitet ist und vorwiegend in den Gebirgen wächst.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frauenmantel

Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the Rosaceae, and a popular garden herb with the common name Lady's mantle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemilla


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 15:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 85

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): I think the 5-fingers is an error, there is, as far as I know (and in this case I know quite a bit), there's a FF Fern (Cinquefoil) which refers to the foliage. You were first.
6 mins
agree  Tanja K: "five-leavelettet lady's mantle" according to The gardeners dictionary by Philip Miller, page 339 -- http://tinyurl.com/6h97ylr
10 mins
agree  SJLD: for the purposes of the article, I think this suffices
50 mins
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: other common names seem to include lion's foot and bear's foot
2 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Lady's Mantle


Explanation:
http://www.herbies-herbs.com/pages/herbuses-3.html#labrador

Five finger ferns, yes - five finger Lady's Mantle - never heard of it!

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 23:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Cinquefoil lady's mantle


Explanation:
I believe that cinquefoil is used for "fünffinger" in botany

Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
Austria
Local time: 23:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone for their contribution. I didn't expect this to generate so much discussion!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ramey Rieger (X): It is - but for Lady's Mantle?
1 min
agree  philgoddard: This must be it, as it's called Alchemilla alpina. All the Google hits seem to be from the 19th and early 20th centuries, so its name may have changed.//It's now called Alpine lady's mantle.
6 mins
agree  Kim Metzger: http://tinyurl.com/4zrbtfg
14 mins
agree  SJLD: looks good - but a bit esoteric for the context http://www.nzzfolio.ch/www/d80bd71b-b264-4db4-afd0-277884b93...
22 mins
agree  adamgajlewicz
1 hr
agree  Cetacea: Nowadays called Alpine Lady's Mantle.
3 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Alpine lady's mantle


Explanation:
If this hasn't already been stated somewhere in the discussion.

Whereas Lady's mantle has lobed leaves, Alpine lady's mantle has deeply divided leaves - hence the "funffinger": "Leaves divided to the base into 5-7 narrow lobes" (The Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe by Fitter Fitter and Blamey)

Lynda Hepburn
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: It has already been stated somewhere in the discussion.
16 mins
agree  Cetacea
2 hrs
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Cut Leaved Lady's Mantle


Explanation:
*Fünffingerfrauenmantel" is not correct.
Schnee-Frauenmantel (Alchemilla pentaphyllea) or Fünfblättriger Frauenmantel are more commonly used as popular names.


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Note added at 49 Min. (2011-02-18 17:06:33 GMT)
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also written as "cut-leaved lady's mantle"

http://www.udinecultura.it/opencms/opencms/release/ComuneUdi...

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Note added at 1 Stunde (2011-02-18 18:03:57 GMT)
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I'm still shure about the scientific name but have to admit that the English name I found for Alchemilla pentaphyllea apparently has - despite of hundreds of web hits - just one single source on an italian page. Sorry about that.


    Reference: http://luirig.altervista.org/schedeit/ae/alchemilla_pentaphy...
    Reference: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnee-Frauenmantel
Coqueiro
Local time: 23:36
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  SJLD: sorry but "cut leaved lady's mantle" is not English
18 mins
  -> kind of Engliano .... thank you!!
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Alchemilla Alpina


Explanation:
listed are varieties of Lady's Mantle
hope this is helpful

http://www.ehow.com/list_7351682_lady_s-mantle-plants.html

Gabriella Bertelmann
Local time: 23:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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