brush weeding

German translation: Hackbürsten

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English term or phrase:brush weeding
German translation:Hackbürsten
Entered by: Cetacea

16:12 Apr 29, 2008
English to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Agriculture
English term or phrase: brush weeding
in einer Aufzählung von Methoden des integrierten Pflanzenschutzes:
brush weeding, where fast rotating brushes uproot weeds

Gibt es dafür einen feststehenden deutschen Ausdruck?
Gabriele Beckmann
France
Local time: 21:11
Hackbürsten
Explanation:
A brush hoe or brush weeder is a "Hackbürste" in German. The term is also used as a verb.

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http://alt.fobro.com/index.asp?site=baumschulen&kategorie=pf...
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Cetacea
Switzerland
Local time: 21:11
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Summary of answers provided
4Hackbürsten
Cetacea
3 +1(Mechanische) Unkrautentfernung mittels Unkrautbürsten und -besen
Andrea Winzer
2Unkrautbekämpfung
Joan Hass


Discussion entries: 3





  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Unkrautbekämpfung


Explanation:
zumindest kenn ich es so,

mich irritiert aber der Rest des Satzes

Unkrautbekämpfung mit "Bürsten"
wobei schnell rotierende "Bürsten" das Unkraut entwurzeln !?

naja, nur ne Idee, kenne grad kein entsprechendes Gerät.

Joan Hass
Germany
Local time: 21:11
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Hackbürsten


Explanation:
A brush hoe or brush weeder is a "Hackbürste" in German. The term is also used as a verb.

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Note added at 24 mins (2008-04-29 16:37:19 GMT)
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Here's one more German/English reference :
http://alt.fobro.com/index.asp?site=baumschulen&kategorie=pf...


    Reference: http://www.ewrs.org/pwc/glossary.htm
Cetacea
Switzerland
Local time: 21:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(Mechanische) Unkrautentfernung mittels Unkrautbürsten und -besen


Explanation:
Unkrautbürsten und -besen zerstören die Unkräuter und reißen sie gleichzeitig aus.
http://www.wasser-und-pflanzenschutz.de/index.php?id=41

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oder auch Wildkrautbürste
http://www.h-h-peters.de/html/wildkrautburste.html

Andrea Winzer
United States
Local time: 15:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 35

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joan Hass: das wird´s wohl sein. ohne unkraut: mechanische Entfernung unerwünschter Gräser -zwischen dem Getreide- mittels rotierender Bürsten?
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