Gefälle

English translation: (grade of) slope

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German term or phrase:Gefälle
English translation:(grade of) slope
Entered by: gfish

23:42 Jun 27, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geography
German term or phrase: Gefälle
I'm stuck!!
Ein voellig simpler Satz + ich komme nicht mehr weiter. Ich schieb's mal auf die Uhrzeit ...
Wegbeschreibung aus einer Wanderbroschuere fuer Rollstuhlfahrer:
Gleich zu Beginn hat der Weg ein Gefaelle von 8 bis 10%.

Das Wort "gradient" besagt ja nicht ob es eine Steigung ist (also bergauf) oder eben ein Gefaelle (also bergab), oder?
gfish
Local time: 08:03
(grade of) slope
Explanation:
works for both up and down
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swisstell
Italy
Local time: 16:03
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Wiedermal vielen Dank an alle!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2(grade of) slope
swisstell
5Incline
noleja
4falling gradient
David Moore (X)
3downwared incline
Kim Metzger
3(The trail begins with a slight)descent
Max Masutin
3decline
casper (X)
3slopes down
Edith Kelly


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Gefaelle
(grade of) slope


Explanation:
works for both up and down

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 16:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
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Wiedermal vielen Dank an alle!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Susan Zimmer: slope alone is fine
1 hr
  -> thank you, Susie!

agree  BrigitteHilgner: "has a slope of ..." is a frequently used expression whenever people are warned that something is not accessible by wheelchair.
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Gefaelle
downwared incline


Explanation:
or downward slope

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Note added at 44 mins (2007-06-28 00:26:21 GMT)
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Without informing anyone what he was doing or where he was going, he guided his wheelchair outside the chain-link fence surrounding the perimeter of the Northeast side of the facility.
The topography on the outside of the chain-link fence included a downward slope of about 30 degrees, away from the fence toward a lower weedy area. Resident # 3 maneuvered along the outside of the fence. When he tried to back the chair up to return to the facility, he got too close to the edge of the hill.

http://www.hhs.gov/dab/decisions/cr744.html

Stopping a wheelchair on a steep downward slope also demands effort and control, and surface conditions need to be taken into account when deciding what outdoor route to take.

As an all round guide, a maximum safe slope of 8 degrees is our recommendation for the Remploy range of manually propelled wheelchairs. However this recommendation may need to be changed if the wheelchair has attachments added to it, such as an elevating legrest or carry bag, which adversely affects stability.

http://tinyurl.com/2ha67w


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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-28 00:45:10 GMT)
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The majority of the trail is hard rock crawling with a lot of 30-degree sideways slopes. There was one place on the bypass where the angle of the downward slope is at least 60 degrees.

http://www.thelen.org/Rubicon98/rubicon98.html



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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 09:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 68

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  swisstell: downwared?
1 min
  -> Oops!

agree  writeaway: naughty naughty typo. but good answer. am sure someone looking this up sometime in the future will be very pleased to find downward slope.
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(The trail begins with a slight)descent


Explanation:
...gently descends; please expect a slight descent (of about 7-9°) at the beginning of the trail; 90°/8-10%=7-9°

Max Masutin
Ukraine
Local time: 17:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Susan Zimmer: don't think there's anything "slight" about it....
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decline


Explanation:
A downward slope is called a 'decline' AFAIK

casper (X)
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slopes down


Explanation:
good number of hits on google

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 16:03
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
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Incline


Explanation:
The path has an incline of 8 -10%...
You only need one definition whether you are going down hill or up hill.

noleja
Germany
Local time: 16:03
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falling gradient


Explanation:
Would be how I'd put it - perhaps a little influenced by railway usage, although it would fit here too.

8%?? Gosh, that's hellishly steep for a wheelchair....

David Moore (X)
Local time: 16:03
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 10
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