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runder Kreis

English translation: round circle

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German term or phrase:runder Kreis
English translation:round circle
Entered by: Trinh Do

03:09 Jan 3, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Agriculture / micronutrients in plants
German term or phrase: runder Kreis
This term appears in the following phrase :
Ein Begriff wie „essentieller Pflanzennährstoff“ ist nicht besser als der Ausdruck „runder Kreis“.
Thank you beforehand.
Trinh Do
Australia
round circle
Explanation:
it's a pleonasm (see reference).
It would be enough, to say circle, as it would be enough to use Pflanzennährstoff, as Nährstoff implies that it is essentiell
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Sabine Akabayov, PhD
Israel
Local time: 22:34
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +7round circle
Sabine Akabayov, PhD


  

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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
round circle


Explanation:
it's a pleonasm (see reference).
It would be enough, to say circle, as it would be enough to use Pflanzennährstoff, as Nährstoff implies that it is essentiell


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleonasm
Sabine Akabayov, PhD
Israel
Local time: 22:34
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edith Kelly
2 hrs
  -> Danke, Edith
agree  Nicole Schnell: Or: white snow, circular wheel, free gift, wet rain, gloomy darkness, etc. :-))
2 hrs
  -> Danke, nicole
agree  Karin Seelhof: exactly
3 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Thomas Bollmann
4 hrs
  -> Danke
agree  Dr. Georg Schweigart
5 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  John Speese: Oder wie man so gut auf Deutsch sagt: ein weisser Schimmel!
11 hrs
  -> Danke
agree  Amira Mansour
15 hrs
  -> Thanks
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