Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Einigelung
English translation:
self-containment/isolation
Added to glossary by
Rebecca Holmes
Oct 8, 2003 10:52
20 yrs ago
German term
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Einigelung
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Die Ansiedlung von jungen Unternehmen schien ein probates Mittel gegen die zunehmende „Einigelung“ Berlins zu sein.
From a text harking back to the early 1980s in Berlin.
Frankly I am just dying to work the word "hedgehog" into this, but I think the customer might never speak to me again...;-)
As a grudging alternative I was thinking about "isolation" but I don't know if that quite hits the right note.
Any better ideas, anyone (with or without hedgehogs)???
From a text harking back to the early 1980s in Berlin.
Frankly I am just dying to work the word "hedgehog" into this, but I think the customer might never speak to me again...;-)
As a grudging alternative I was thinking about "isolation" but I don't know if that quite hits the right note.
Any better ideas, anyone (with or without hedgehogs)???
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Steffen Walter
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(self-)containment
"self-containment" is also used as a political term (see source). "isolation" seems OK, though.
or sth. verbal with "shut off" or "dig in"
or sth. verbal with "shut off" or "dig in"
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Comment: "Thank you to all who helped, especially the hedgehog variations! Have wonderful Monday,
Rebecca"
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Sergey Strakhov
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Hedgehog? - Why not! :)) My suggestion is: "Bristling-up"
I hope, this could fit into your context
Good luck!
Aphrodite Paw Cattery
... It is an instinctive reaction many cats have. In general, if your pet tries
to be bigger, arching its back and bristling up, that means defense. ...
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Good luck!
Aphrodite Paw Cattery
... It is an instinctive reaction many cats have. In general, if your pet tries
to be bigger, arching its back and bristling up, that means defense. ...
chatterie.hypermart.net/sphynx/cgi-bin/ articles.cgi?lng=EN&show=bodylang
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Robin Ward
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isolation
Actually, studying the sentence I think this would fit pretty well.
I've also been trying to think of how to use "hedgehog" ("hedgehoggery") but have already given up ...
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...although admittedly it doesn\'t have quite the same ring as \"Einigelung\" in German ...
I've also been trying to think of how to use "hedgehog" ("hedgehoggery") but have already given up ...
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Note added at 2003-10-08 11:02:55 (GMT)
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...although admittedly it doesn\'t have quite the same ring as \"Einigelung\" in German ...
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TonyTK
: "self-isolation"? Hedgehogs always make me think of Monty Python - "DINSDALE!? DINSDALE!?"
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Nancy Arrowsmith
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self-isolating entrenchment
sounds like a hedgehog, huh?
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Gisela Greenlee
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hedgehog defense
If you really want to incorporate the hedgehog, the above is apparently a term used quite a bit in military terms and chess stratetgy.
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self-preservation
I think, your own version is closer to the origin meaning of the "einiglung": shy, defensive
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