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Kegelhut

English translation: conical straw hat

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German term or phrase:Kegelhut
English translation:conical straw hat
Entered by: Courtney Sliwinski

20:27 Jul 23, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Kegelhut
Überall ist Farbe und Bewegung, Scharen von ratternden Motorrädern und Vespas bestimmen das wuselige Treiben. Händler schieben schwer beladene Handkarren vor sich her, während Frauen mit ihren allgegenwärtigen *Kegelhüten* kiloweise Obst und Gemüse schultern. Die Straßen säumen zumeist winzige Werkstätten und Reparaturbetriebe in denen bis in die Nacht emsig gearbeitet wird.

Is this simply a wide-brimmed hat, or is there a specific term indiginious to this area (South Vietnam)? Thanks in advance!
Courtney Sliwinski
Local time: 17:47
conical hat
Explanation:
"The headgear of peasants often included a plain piece of cloth wrapped around the head (generally called Khăn đống), or the stereotypical Nón lá (conical hat). "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Vietnam

"Conical hats called non la shield their faces from the sun."
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0213160/Clothing/Vietnam.htm...

"An elegant looking conical palm hat, which is traditionally known as a "non bai tho" (a hat with poetry written on it), is worn as part of a woman's formal dress. This traditional conical hat is particularly suitable for a tropical country such as Vietnam, where fierce sunshine and hard rain are commonplace.

To make a conical hat, a hat maker chooses young palm leaves that have been been dried under continued sunshine. Attached beneath the almost transparent layers of dried palm leaves is a drawing of a small river wharf. Below the drawing, there is a piece of poetry to be recited by the hat wearer."
http://www.acjc.edu.sg/Spectra/VibrantCulture/Vietnam/vietna...
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Z.E. Ball
Local time: 17:47
Grading comment
Conical straw hat was my choice. Thanks for the help!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3conical hat
Z.E. Ball
3 +2cone hat
Edith Kelly


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cone hat


Explanation:
The literal translation will do:

Cambodia: The cone hat (“moork doorn” in Khmer) ruins the picture perfect ... For the quest of Ho Chi Min’s ideology that Vietnam-Cambodia-Laos is to become ...
blogbykhmer.blogspot.com/2005/08/vienamese-cone-hat-english-translation.html


Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 17:47
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 194
Notes to answerer
Asker: All the pictures I got when I googled this were either party witches hats. I think Francis is right here.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lori Dendy-Molz
3 mins
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
2 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
conical hat


Explanation:
"The headgear of peasants often included a plain piece of cloth wrapped around the head (generally called Khăn đống), or the stereotypical Nón lá (conical hat). "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Vietnam

"Conical hats called non la shield their faces from the sun."
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0213160/Clothing/Vietnam.htm...

"An elegant looking conical palm hat, which is traditionally known as a "non bai tho" (a hat with poetry written on it), is worn as part of a woman's formal dress. This traditional conical hat is particularly suitable for a tropical country such as Vietnam, where fierce sunshine and hard rain are commonplace.

To make a conical hat, a hat maker chooses young palm leaves that have been been dried under continued sunshine. Attached beneath the almost transparent layers of dried palm leaves is a drawing of a small river wharf. Below the drawing, there is a piece of poetry to be recited by the hat wearer."
http://www.acjc.edu.sg/Spectra/VibrantCulture/Vietnam/vietna...



    Reference: http://www.villagehatshop.com/asian-conical-hat.html
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conical_straw_hat
Z.E. Ball
Local time: 17:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Conical straw hat was my choice. Thanks for the help!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Benham
4 hrs
agree  Francis Lee (X): It's a subtle difference, but I'd go for this because "cone hat" has me thinking of witches, dunces and kids' parties etc.
11 hrs
agree  Rebecca Garber: With Francis on this one
14 hrs
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