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a full-fledged city

German translation: eine ausgewachsene Stadt / Großstadt

08:49 Apr 30, 2004
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Tourism & Travel / tourismus
English term or phrase: a full-fledged city
yet as the turn of the century approaches, the same small frontier town, now a full-fledged city, yearly welcomes more than four million visitors.
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German translation:eine ausgewachsene Stadt / Großstadt
Explanation:
je nachdem.

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Note added at 5 mins (2004-04-30 08:55:09 GMT)
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Wohl eher Großstadt.
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Caro Maucher
Germany
Local time: 22:20
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4eine ausgewachsene Stadt / Großstadt
Caro Maucher
3 +3eine ausgewachsene Stadt
Norbert Hermann
3 +1eine richtige Stadt
Peter Matzenauer
4voll entwickelte Stadt
ahartje
4eine Stadt, die sich jetzt durchaus sehen lassen konnte
Johanna Timm, PhD
3Eine Stadt mit allen Möglichkeiten
Schwabamädle
3eine Stadt mit zahlreichen Facetten / eine facettenreiche Stadt
Aniello Scognamiglio (X)


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
eine ausgewachsene Stadt / Großstadt


Explanation:
je nachdem.

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Note added at 5 mins (2004-04-30 08:55:09 GMT)
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Wohl eher Großstadt.


Caro Maucher
Germany
Local time: 22:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 26
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Melanie Nassar
4 hrs
agree  NGK
5 hrs
agree  David Moore (X): Definitely "Großstadt" - the correct expression is "full*Y*-fledged", and leads one to infer it has all the attributes which we British English speakers would expect of a city.
1 day 2 hrs
agree  DocT
3 days 5 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
eine ausgewachsene Stadt


Explanation:
???

Der ehemalige Name der Stadt ist nicht bekannt, die Spanier haben die Stätte nach
dem damaligen Nachbardorf Palenque (heute eine ausgewachsene Stadt) benannt. ...
mitglied.lycos.de/yucatan/palenque.htm

Norbert Hermann
Local time: 21:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 34

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pee Eff (X)
11 mins
agree  NGK
5 hrs
agree  Johannes Gleim: fledged = befiedert bei einem Vogel, im übertragenen Sinne also ausgewachsen.
7 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
eine richtige Stadt


Explanation:
In the context of the sentence, it is perhaps sufficient to paraphrase the term.

Peter Matzenauer
Germany
Local time: 22:20
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Susanne Rindlisbacher
10 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
voll entwickelte Stadt


Explanation:
z.B.


    Reference: http://www.borken.de/stadtinfo/albertslund.html
ahartje
Portugal
Local time: 21:20
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Eine Stadt mit allen Möglichkeiten


Explanation:
Auch möglich :-)

Schwabamädle
Canada
Local time: 16:20
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
eine Stadt mit zahlreichen Facetten / eine facettenreiche Stadt


Explanation:
?

Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
Germany
Local time: 22:20
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 99
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
eine Stadt, die sich jetzt durchaus sehen lassen konnte


Explanation:
eine Stadt, die aus den Kinderschuhen herausgewachsen war
eine Stadt, die sich herausgemacht hatte
noch ein paar Varianten!

Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 13:20
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 76
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