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substratum

German translation: Grundlage

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English term or phrase:substratum
German translation:Grundlage

07:25 May 6, 2004
English to German translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Philosophy
English term or phrase: substratum
for example: No truly united and efectively harmonized world community can come into being unless and until the truth is recognized that life, beyond its material substratum, has pre-eminently a moral dimension.
c. wilson
Grundlage
Explanation:
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Thilo Santl
Spain
Local time: 12:18
Grading comment
With many thanks! c. wilson
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6Grundlage
Thilo Santl
3 +1Substrat
LegalTrans D
4Grundlegung
Peter Gennet


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Substrat


Explanation:
warum eigentlich nicht?

LegalTrans D
Türkiye
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Grundlage


Explanation:
.

Thilo Santl
Spain
Local time: 12:18
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
With many thanks! c. wilson

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Gennet: Mein phil. WTB sagt: Substrat = "eigenschaftslose Substanz eines Dinges bzw. Subjekts als Träger seiner Eigenschaften." Das passt zwar, ist aber vielleicht nicht so gut verständlich wie Grundlage.
6 mins
agree  Gabriele Zöttl: Scheint mir die treffendste (einfachste und unmißverständlichste) Übersetzung zu sein
2 hrs
agree  Cornelia Mayer
6 hrs
agree  Johannes Gleim
8 hrs
agree  Anja Eichelberg: Alternativ auch "Basis"
9 hrs
agree  ingo_h: wie Anja. Als Marx-Kenner würde man sofort zu "materieller Basis" greifen, aber auch auf deutschsprachigen Baha'i-Seiten taucht dieser Begriff auf.
1 day 3 hrs
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Grundlegung


Explanation:
das Leben hat jenseits seiner materiellen Grundlegung eine vornehmlich moralische Dimension.

Peter Gennet
Austria
Local time: 12:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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