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Ahle as a person's title?

English translation: Gebrüder Ahle GmbH & Co. KG

00:11 May 20, 2014
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Names (personal, company)
German term or phrase: Ahle as a person's title?
What would Ahle be in terms of this persons title? I can only find that Ahle means "awl", but no mention of a title.

Context: Götz Peter Ander, Ahle, 6.5.2014
Kelly Martin
United States
Local time: 23:38
English translation:Gebrüder Ahle GmbH & Co. KG
Explanation:
It's a company.

http://www.ahle-federn.com/index.php?id=99

Take a look under "Management"

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Note added at 7 hrs (2014-05-20 07:47:27 GMT)
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No.7 in this list of managing directors

http://www.wer-zu-wem.de/geschaeftsfuehrer/an_aq.html

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Note added at 7 hrs (2014-05-20 07:49:13 GMT)
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http://www.regionalo.net/www.ahle-federn.com.html

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Note added at 7 hrs (2014-05-20 07:51:43 GMT)
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If it's part of a CV, it will probably be the date he became "Geschäftsführer at Ahle.
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Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 05:38
Grading comment
TY!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5Ahle
seamusnz
5 +2Gebrüder Ahle GmbH & Co. KG
Yorkshireman


Discussion entries: 3





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Ahle as a person\'s title?
Ahle


Explanation:
Probably the village where the document was created. There are 3 in Germany and one in Austria.

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Note added at 22 mins (2014-05-20 00:34:07 GMT)
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It's typical to have the person's name, then the place, then the date.


    https://maps.google.co.nz/maps?q=Ahle&ie=UTF-8&ei=HaB6U9aILs-RlAXHsIGQCw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg
seamusnz
New Zealand
Local time: 15:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Writeaway, why do you have to be so negative. It was an honest question that I needed an honest answer on. Thank you to everyone else that helped!!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: or a typo for Ahlen: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahlen
30 mins
agree  Maurite Fober
42 mins
agree  ValtBt
4 hrs
agree  BrigitteHilgner: Most likely solution.
5 hrs
agree  Edith Kelly
5 hrs
neutral  writeaway: puzzling question, since Asker states she is also native German/to be fair AFTER Asker added context, this no longer seems to be correct. Admittedly it was a very misleading question.
6 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Gebrüder Ahle GmbH & Co. KG


Explanation:
It's a company.

http://www.ahle-federn.com/index.php?id=99

Take a look under "Management"

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Note added at 7 hrs (2014-05-20 07:47:27 GMT)
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No.7 in this list of managing directors

http://www.wer-zu-wem.de/geschaeftsfuehrer/an_aq.html

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Note added at 7 hrs (2014-05-20 07:49:13 GMT)
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http://www.regionalo.net/www.ahle-federn.com.html

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Note added at 7 hrs (2014-05-20 07:51:43 GMT)
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If it's part of a CV, it will probably be the date he became "Geschäftsführer at Ahle.

Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 05:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
TY!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: 100% sure despite the context???? the man's name is Götz Peter Ander. /oh, I see: asker added the additional information in the D box after other answer was entered. still, asker could have checked the www the same as you did.
2 mins
  -> Yes - I just Googled on the name in "" I didn't bother looking in the "D-box", the guy's name was in the question when I joined the thread.
agree  Lancashireman: Erweiterte Suche: Seiten suchen, die genau dieses Wort oder diese Wortgruppe enthalten:
2 hrs
  -> Yup!
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