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glatter 11er

13:59 Nov 20, 2016
German to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Rock climbing
German term or phrase: glatter 11er
This is a rock climbing term referring to the difficulty rating of a climbing route. Does anybody know what this is called in English?
Stefan Boxhorn
Germany
Local time: 17:52


Summary of answers provided
59a oder 5.14d
philipp kieffer
3perfect VD/HVD 3b
Teangacha (X)
Summary of reference entries provided
Climbing grades
Ramey Rieger (X)

Discussion entries: 7





  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
perfect VD/HVD 3b


Explanation:
www.rockclimbing.com/articles/introduction to climbing
In tables on this website an 11 appears in Australian column and the equivalent in UK column is what I wrote as answer. German grading appears in another format ex. IV-


Teangacha (X)
Ireland
Local time: 16:52
Native speaker of: English
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1 day 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
9a oder 5.14d


Explanation:
Es gibt je nach Land eine ganze Reihe verschiedener Klettergrade. Fürs Sportklettern (und darum geht's hier) ist die französische Skala (9a) die üblichste und die, die weltweit zur Anwendung kommt. 5.14d ist die amerikanische Entsprechung. Der "glatte 11er" kommt aus einer der beiden deutschen Skalen, die außerhalb Deutschlands nicht verwendet wird.

"A straight 11" macht also als Übersetzung leider keinen Sinn.

In dem Forumspost, den du als Quelle zitierst, ist von 5.11a die Rede. Das entspricht einer deutschen 7+/8- und unterscheidet auf keinen Fall die Starken von den ganz Starken.

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Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2016-11-21 19:59:05 GMT)
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Wenn der Text nach Australien oder Neuseeland geht, gibt's natürlich auch noch die australische Skala (35). Auch Großbritanien hat seine Skala, die wird aber normalerweise nicht für's Sportklettern verwendet. Beim Sportklettern verwenden auch die Briten die französische Skala.

philipp kieffer
Spain
Local time: 17:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
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Reference comments


40 mins
Reference: Climbing grades

Reference information:
Scroll down for a table with the varying grades around the world. Perhaps (I hope) this helps

Example sentence(s):
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_(climbing)
Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 48
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thank you, Ramey. I had checked that already. Unfortunately it made me no wiser.

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