Oct 13, 2005 10:03
18 yrs ago
German term
Germany
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English to German
"Zuckerbäcker"-Architectur
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
It is a specialist term for a certain form of architecture, in this case it applies to the buildings surrounding the Cologne cathedral.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +6 | wedding-cake style |
Norbert Hermann
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| 4 | gingerbread style |
Caro McL
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| 1 +2 | Gingerbread style of architecture |
Leveleki
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| 2 | eclectic architecture |
Ulrike Judkins
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Proposed translations
+6
5 mins
Norbert Hermann
Native in German
&
English
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Native in: English 
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Works in: English to German, German to English, Portuguese to German, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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19
Selected
wedding-cake style
doesn’t go together with pomp and wedding-cake style. At the time our Siemenshaus
is built, ... succeeds Karl Janisch as Siemens’ chief architect. The ...
www.moevenpick-hotels.com/NR/rdonlyres/ 1D8A3753-032F-49D8-A189-4A707EEF4E66/0/berlin_hausgeschichtenl2
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Note added at 14 mins (2005-10-13 10:18:39 GMT)
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Im Indo-Sarazenischen (Zuckerbäcker) Stiel
http://www.geocities.com/hd_uss_koelle/india/india5.html
http://www.tagesspiegel-berlin.de/sonntag/index.asp?gotos=ht...
... we head for Karl-Marx-Allee and its exotic Moscow style "Zuckerbäcker" architecture. To the joy of all on board some of ...
www.fontshop.de/typo96/liveSoE.html
Zuckerbäckerstil" ist eine Erfindung westlicher Demagogen, kolportiert vor allem von den "freien" Medien sowie Architekten und Stadtplanern, die maßgeblich an der Enstehung des (West-)Berliner Hansaviertels beteiligt waren.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/printthread.php?t=229872
is built, ... succeeds Karl Janisch as Siemens’ chief architect. The ...
www.moevenpick-hotels.com/NR/rdonlyres/ 1D8A3753-032F-49D8-A189-4A707EEF4E66/0/berlin_hausgeschichtenl2
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Note added at 14 mins (2005-10-13 10:18:39 GMT)
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Im Indo-Sarazenischen (Zuckerbäcker) Stiel
http://www.geocities.com/hd_uss_koelle/india/india5.html
http://www.tagesspiegel-berlin.de/sonntag/index.asp?gotos=ht...
... we head for Karl-Marx-Allee and its exotic Moscow style "Zuckerbäcker" architecture. To the joy of all on board some of ...
www.fontshop.de/typo96/liveSoE.html
Zuckerbäckerstil" ist eine Erfindung westlicher Demagogen, kolportiert vor allem von den "freien" Medien sowie Architekten und Stadtplanern, die maßgeblich an der Enstehung des (West-)Berliner Hansaviertels beteiligt waren.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/printthread.php?t=229872
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
3 mins
German term (edited):
"Zuckerb�cker"-Architectur
Gingerbread style of architecture
Could this be what they mean??? The expression is used in English to denote a specific style of building.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Cilian O'Tuama
: supported by Langenscheidt (but no need to capitalise it)
6 mins
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| neutral |
------ (X)
: I think this rather refers to medieval architecture, frame houses...
10 mins
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| neutral |
BrigitteHilgner
: Mary. L. Apelt: Engl-Germ. Dictionary: Art History - archaeology: spätviktorianischer, mit Verzierungen überladener Baustil. I am not sure whether this fits in the context mentioned.
25 mins
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| agree |
sylvie malich (X)
: uncapped in brackets leaving the German original
48 mins
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51 mins
gingerbread style
Wedding cake style is used when referring to the towering Soviet socialist style buildings, but I don't think this is appropriate to describe the more ornate Altstadt buildings in or around the cathedral. Also think it is useful to leave the German phrase in ""
Some debate on Leo previously on this topic
http://www.stalys.de/data/wz01.htm
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=229962&goto=n...
9 hrs
Ulrike Judkins
Native in German
Bilingual/Bicultural Translator
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
4
German term (edited):
"Zuckerbaecker"-Architektur
eclectic architecture
all types of neo-styles: neo-baroque, neo-gothic, neo-romanesque, etc.
Soviet architecture
mixture of styles
Historismus Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts/Ekletizismus
Soviet architecture
mixture of styles
Historismus Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts/Ekletizismus
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