Glossary entry

Deutsch term or phrase:

e-Drangehänge

Englisch translation:

e-tailpieces

Added to glossary by Jon Fedler
Oct 21, 2009 16:37
14 yrs ago
Deutsch term

e-Drangehänge

Deutsch > Englisch Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften Linguistik Sociology
From a dissertation on the Erfurt dialect and how it shapes (German) outsiders' opinions of those who speak it.


Informant A.H. beschreibt mit „e-Drangehänge“ eine Eigenart des Erfurter dialekt, .... Seine Erläuterungen sind mit einer stark negativen Attitüde gegenüber dem Erfurter dialekt verbunden.
Proposed translations (Englisch)
3 +2 e-tailpieces
3 e-endings
3 superfluous e-endings

Proposed translations

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e-tailpieces

Very creative solution, but... I think it is important to convey the 'annoying' part here, making clear that the e's are not actually suffixes but something that does not normally belong there.
Can you change the sentence a little, and maybe use something like
pinning/tacking/sticking e's to the end of words ?

Sorry, I am not actually sure what the correct spelling is for "e's"
Peer comment(s):

agree Ingeborg Gowans (X) : ei verbibsch, des passt hier
9 Min.
agree Rolf Keiser
13 Stunden
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Kerstin - and all other contributors"
16 Min.

e-endings

or e-suffixes, maybe?
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superfluous e-endings

As Kerstin says, you need to convey the idea that the speaker disapproves of these appendages.
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