Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Weidewald

English translation:

wooded pasture

Added to glossary by Tim Jenkins
Mar 18, 2007 10:38
17 yrs ago
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German term

Weidewald

German to English Science Forestry / Wood / Timber Historical Trail Audio
"Der Weidewald

Schon bevor die Kühe aufgetrieben werden, beginnt die Arbeit auf der Alm. Die Hütten müssen ausgebessert und die Weiden gesäubert werden. Der subalpine Lärchen-Zirbenwald hier im [region] wird gereinigt und zum Teil ausgelichtet, damit das Vieh gute Weide findet. Gab es früher gemeinsame Termine für diese Arbeit, so erledigen das heute die Bauern wie sie gerade Zeit finden. Herr X und Herr Y beschreiben die Arbeit der Weidewaldpflege:

Vierzehn Tage vor dem Almauftrieb muss jeder Bauer drei bis vier Tage auf die Alm und dann muss die Weide gereinigt werden. Im Winter reißt der Wind viele Äste von den Lärchen. Die müssen aufgeklaubt werden. Denn wo die fauligen Äste liegen, fressen die Kühe nicht mehr. Es wird auch im Wald geschlägert. Alte Bäume werden stehen gelassen, weil das Vieh Schutz braucht. Vor allem Jungwald wird heraus geschlägert."

More from my historical trail audio. I can't find a translation for "Weidewald" anywhere. My best guess of "pastoral forest" doesn't get many convincing hits, so I'm not sure about it. TIA for your help. Hopefully there'll be a straightforward solution to this one.
Change log

Mar 18, 2007 11:21: Rowan Morrell changed "Field (specific)" from "Botany" to "Forestry / Wood / Timber"

Proposed translations

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35 mins
Selected

wooded pasture

Sounds much more English than "grazing woodland" and googles very well too for relevant results.

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Note added at 44 mins (2007-03-18 11:23:00 GMT)
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"This study shows that unpalatable plants can enhance tree regeneration in wooded pastures. Sapling survival was significantly higher near unpalatable plants where grazing intensity was significantly lower."
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2664...

OR

"pasture woodland" possibly
Peer comment(s):

agree Jim Tucker (X)
44 mins
thanks Jim
agree Alan Johnson : excellent reference as far as I'm concerned
46 mins
thanks Alan
agree casper (X) : Good rendering
1 hr
thanks Chetan
agree Bernhard Sulzer : pasture woodland - http://www3.lanuv.nrw.de/Willkommen/Aktuelles/Publikationen/...
7 hrs
danke Bernhard
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X) : this woujld fit here I feel like yodeling..holderiho or something like that
8 hrs
danke Ingeborg
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Tim and peer graders. I'll go with "wooded pasture" here then. But thanks also to the others who contributed - appreciate everyone's assistance."
4 mins

grazing woodland, grazing forest

OK
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5 mins

grazing woodland

Mühle
Fachwörterbuch Landwirtschaft Forstwirtschaft

gets many google hits

another proposal:

pastured forest, also a reasonable number of google hits
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5 mins

grazing woodland(s)

or grazing forest
lt. Eurodicautom

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-03-18 10:44:43 GMT)
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http://ohioline.osu.edu/for-fact/0015.html
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