Schläge

English translation: fields

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German term or phrase:Schläge
English translation:fields
Entered by: Jonathan Whiteley

22:26 Aug 3, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Agriculture / Tractor technology
German term or phrase: Schläge
Auf diese Traktorenbaureihe setzt man auch im Osten Deutschlands...
wie hier in Mecklenburg Vorpommern......Riesige Schläge ziehen sich durch die Landschaft. Betriebe über 1.000 ha sind keine Seltenheit

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Jonathan Whiteley
United States
Local time: 16:11
fields
Explanation:
tilled field; land (planted) with a particular crop; parcel of land
Langenscheidt

See also http://www.microimages.de/litepf.htm


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Note added at 34 mins (2006-08-03 23:00:23 GMT)
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"Schlag: Feld, das zu einer bestimmten Fruchtfolge gehört" (Wahrig)

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Note added at 44 mins (2006-08-03 23:10:14 GMT)
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Huge fields spread (stretch) across the landscape. Farms of over 1000 hectares are by no means unusual.
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Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:11
Grading comment
Thanks for the help.
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fields


Explanation:
tilled field; land (planted) with a particular crop; parcel of land
Langenscheidt

See also http://www.microimages.de/litepf.htm


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Note added at 34 mins (2006-08-03 23:00:23 GMT)
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"Schlag: Feld, das zu einer bestimmten Fruchtfolge gehört" (Wahrig)

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Note added at 44 mins (2006-08-03 23:10:14 GMT)
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Huge fields spread (stretch) across the landscape. Farms of over 1000 hectares are by no means unusual.

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 79
Grading comment
Thanks for the help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Krysztofiak: Duden also knows this meaning:"(Landw.) zusammenhängendes Stück Ackerland, auf dem in der Regel nur eine Art von Pflanzen angebaut wird"
25 mins

agree  Anton Baer: You'd think there wd be a more sonorous word than 'field', but there isn't.
2 hrs

agree  Nicole Schnell: Aus KudoZ: "Ackerschlag = Nutzungsfläche aus mehreren Feldern, die zusammen mindestens 1 Hektar groß (2.47 acres) sind.
2 hrs

agree  Michele Fauble
7 hrs

agree  Steffen Walter
8 hrs

agree  trans-agrar: If it was a small field you could also use "plots". But here its definitely fields
10 hrs

agree  John Speese: Yes, when I studied agriculture in Germany, I heard this term often.
13 hrs
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