auf Form gestrickt

English translation: fully fashioned

13:17 Apr 21, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
German term or phrase: auf Form gestrickt
This phrase occurs in a promotional text for a cashmere sweater in the following context:

"Figurumspielender, klassischer Basic-Pullover mit Rundhalsausschnitt aus anschmiegsamer, weicher Kaschmirwolle. Der Pullover ist *auf Form gestrickt* und überzeugt durch das edle Material, das selbst bei großer Kälte angenehm warm hält und die Körpertemperatur optimal reguliert. Ein treuer Begleiter durch die kalte Jahreszeit."

Any help would be much appreciated.
Sarah Port
Local time: 15:47
English translation:fully fashioned
Explanation:
And for a final fashion hint women are informed that "neben den geschnittenen Strickwaren gibt es die anderen, auf Form gestrickten, die man fully fashioned nennt"
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q="auf form gestrickten"&hl=e...
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Alison MacG
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3 +3fully fashioned
Alison MacG
4 +1rephrase: form hugging cashmere sweater
Ingeborg Gowans (X)


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rephrase: form hugging cashmere sweater


Explanation:
I know" gestrickt" isn't mentioned here, but it is self-evident as it is made of cashmere wool. hth

Ingeborg Gowans (X)
Canada
Local time: 12:47
Native speaker of: German
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: oder: "figure-hugging knit"?
19 mins
  -> thanks, Johanna, your suggestion would be a good solution, too

agree  Sabine Schmalzl: like both Ingeborg's and Johanna's suggestions
1 hr
  -> vielen Dank, Sabine

disagree  Cetacea: This has nothing to with figure-hugging. A very loose cardigan can be auf Form gestrickt as well. It means that rather than being cut from knit fabric, the individual pieces are knit "to the proper shape". In English, the term is fully fashioned.
4 hrs

neutral  mooneyr (X): I would interpret "auf Form gestrickt" as "tailored". It's a figure-hugging tailored fit cashmere jumper (or sweater in US English)
9 hrs
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fully fashioned


Explanation:
And for a final fashion hint women are informed that "neben den geschnittenen Strickwaren gibt es die anderen, auf Form gestrickten, die man fully fashioned nennt"
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q="auf form gestrickten"&hl=e...

Alison MacG
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Cetacea: Exactly.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Cetacea!

agree  urbom
17 hrs
  -> Thanks, urbom!

agree  Sabine Griebler
1 day 17 hrs
  -> Thanks, Sabine!
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