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German translation: Karte nicht maßstabsgetreu

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English term or phrase:map not to scale
German translation:Karte nicht maßstabsgetreu
Entered by: Brie Vernier

13:04 Mar 2, 2006
English to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geography / Maps
English term or phrase: map not to scale
"Map not to scale" appears just below the Map.
Savita Bhalla
Local time: 03:12
Karte nicht maßstabsgetreu
Explanation:
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Brie Vernier
Germany
Local time: 23:42
Grading comment
Vielen vielen Dank :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8Karte nicht maßstabsgetreu
Brie Vernier
4 +3Karte nicht maßstabgetreu
Victor Dewsbery
4 +1Karte ist nicht massstabsgetreu
rainerc (X)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Karte nicht maßstabsgetreu


Explanation:


Brie Vernier
Germany
Local time: 23:42
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Vielen vielen Dank :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Louise Mawbey
6 mins
  -> Danke, Louise
agree  Victor Dewsbery
8 mins
  -> Danke, Victor
agree  Stephen Sadie: more common without the "ist"
13 mins
  -> Thanks, Stephen
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
16 mins
  -> Danke, Ingeborg
agree  Steffen Walter: or "Karte nicht maßstabsgerecht" / Na ja, 86 (-getreu) bzw. 65 (-gerecht) Treffer für die gesamte Wendung in Anführungsstrichen ergeben eigentlich ein recht gleichwertiges Bild.
19 mins
  -> Danke, Steffen -- aber Google bevorzugt eindeutig -getreu
agree  Klaus Herrmann: Auch mit Steffen, das wäre mein Vorschlag geworden :)
21 mins
  -> Danke, Klaus, siehe meine Anmerkung an Steffen
agree  Tradesca (X): getreu oder gerecht, ganz egal ;)
24 mins
  -> Danke, Tradesca
agree  Dr. Georg Schweigart
36 mins
  -> Danke, Georg
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Karte ist nicht massstabsgetreu


Explanation:
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Note added at 6 mins (2006-03-02 13:10:56 GMT)
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or 'maßstabsgetreu'!

rainerc (X)
Local time: 23:42
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Victor Dewsbery
8 mins
  -> thanks Victor!
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Karte nicht maßstabgetreu


Explanation:
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Note added at 12 mins (2006-03-02 13:17:20 GMT)
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Sorry folks, didn't see the other right answers before I posted mine.

Victor Dewsbery
Germany
Local time: 23:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Brie Vernier: Okay, we'll let you off the hook just this once ... aber besser '-stabSgetreu'
6 mins
  -> Nach meinem Duden (NDR'96) ist das "s" optional. Aber die Halbwertzeit des Duden ist auch nicht mehr das, was sie mal war.
agree  Anne Schulz: with your comment on the "Duden"!
21 mins
agree  Steffen Walter: Das Weglassen des Binde-S ist ansonsten m.E. vor allem im Schweizer Deutsch verbreitet. Darauf bezog sich vielleicht das "optional" im Duden.
47 mins
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