May 31, 2009 07:48
14 yrs ago
German term
Hegetrieb
German to English
Social Sciences
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
"Bei ihm kriegen Frauen eben einen Hegetrieb."
This is part of an article about a famous person who has a new girlfriend.
Thanks!
This is part of an article about a famous person who has a new girlfriend.
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
4 | nurturing instinct/nourishing instinct | Ingrid Moore |
3 +4 | a desire to mother [him] | Anne-Marie Grant (X) |
3 +2 | maternal instinct | Liala Stieglitz (X) |
3 | care instinct | Edith Kelly |
Change log
Jun 3, 2009 08:34: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Proposed translations
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nurturing instinct/nourishing instinct
This is something that has bothered me ever since I became a father. From the days of Sita onwards, it has always been the mother who is credited with having the nurturing, protective instinct and not the Dad. The nurturing instinct might have been restricted to the mother perhaps in pre-historic times, but in today’s very evolved world, both parents equally nurture and provide for their children. Wouldn’t you agree it is a bit unfair to laud only the mother for this very natural ‘parental’ instinct?http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/celebratingpater...
Our Nurturing Instinct motivates us to reproduce, and care for our young. It makes us constantly judge good and bad. It makes us believe in, and live by absolutes - all, none, every, always and never.
http://www.cavemenwithcellphones.com/nurturing.htm
Nurturing instinct shaped women in professions.(Influential Women 2004): An article from: Northern Ontario Business.
http://www.amazon.com/Nurturing-instinct-shaped-professions-...
Our nourishing instinct, patience, sharing, serenity, and a connection to the Earth and soil, and, of course, all the exercise involved, provide the best reward—food.
http://www.ngb.org/seed/article.cfm?ID=2;
By applying that same great nourishing instinct that led you to breastfeed your baby, you will find something that works just right in your house.
http://www.llli.org/NB/NBSepOct99p177.html
If you follow your natural nourishing instinct, you definitely end up in poverty according to this system.
http://www.geocities.com/athens/atlantis/4124/commerce.html
Actually, it's the earth that is our nourishing mother - she and the sun carry all life down here! So, what we have here is the female, nourishing instinctive complex, shared among the earth and the moon.
http://www.antonialangsdorf.de/dateien/astrologie-antonia-la...
Our Nurturing Instinct motivates us to reproduce, and care for our young. It makes us constantly judge good and bad. It makes us believe in, and live by absolutes - all, none, every, always and never.
http://www.cavemenwithcellphones.com/nurturing.htm
Nurturing instinct shaped women in professions.(Influential Women 2004): An article from: Northern Ontario Business.
http://www.amazon.com/Nurturing-instinct-shaped-professions-...
Our nourishing instinct, patience, sharing, serenity, and a connection to the Earth and soil, and, of course, all the exercise involved, provide the best reward—food.
http://www.ngb.org/seed/article.cfm?ID=2;
By applying that same great nourishing instinct that led you to breastfeed your baby, you will find something that works just right in your house.
http://www.llli.org/NB/NBSepOct99p177.html
If you follow your natural nourishing instinct, you definitely end up in poverty according to this system.
http://www.geocities.com/athens/atlantis/4124/commerce.html
Actually, it's the earth that is our nourishing mother - she and the sun carry all life down here! So, what we have here is the female, nourishing instinctive complex, shared among the earth and the moon.
http://www.antonialangsdorf.de/dateien/astrologie-antonia-la...
Peer comment(s):
neutral |
Lancashireman
: Breastfeeding?
38 mins
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It is not confined to "breastfeeding"! Our Nurturing Instinct motivates us to reproduce, and care for our young and everybody we care for!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you! "
4 mins
care instinct
might be one possibility
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Note added at 6 mins (2009-05-31 07:55:05 GMT)
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caring instinct
might be more appropriate
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Note added at 6 mins (2009-05-31 07:55:05 GMT)
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caring instinct
might be more appropriate
Peer comment(s):
neutral |
Lancashireman
: Might be appropriate if the 'famous person' is bedridden or in a wheelchair.
2 hrs
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+4
11 mins
a desire to mother [him]
Not as exact as Edith's, but I think this is the idea behind the phrase
e.g. women always want to mother him
e.g. women always want to mother him
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Sangeeta Joshi
12 mins
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agree |
Lancashireman
2 hrs
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agree |
Celia Moody
4 hrs
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agree |
Inge Meinzer
16 hrs
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+2
2 hrs
maternal instinct
Women discover their maternal instinct... (when exposed to his baby face)
Or similar, I'd say.
Or similar, I'd say.
Peer comment(s):
neutral |
Lancashireman
: Could imply that women want the 'famous person' to sire children with them.
34 mins
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agree |
Anne-Marie Grant (X)
: I think this works if you say 'he brings out their maternal instinct'.
9 hrs
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Thank you Anne-Marie
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agree |
robin25
1 day 6 hrs
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Thank you.
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Discussion
So in the end, which of the two versions offered did you go for? Does the girlfriend feel an urge/desire/instinct to 'nurture' or to 'nourish' this famous person?