Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Was kreucht und fleucht?

English translation:

What's creeping and cheeping? / What's creeping and crawling?

Added to glossary by Stefanie Sendelbach
Mar 10, 2004 16:33
20 yrs ago
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German term

kreucht und fleucht

German to English Other Tourism & Travel
Der ganze Satz: "Was kreucht und fleucht im Naturschutzgebiet?"

Auf einer Tourismussite. Es geht um diverse Aktivitäten, die man in diesem Gebiet unternehmen kann, wie Vogelbeobachtung, Erlebnispfade usw. Natur zum Anfassen eben.

Ich bin gespannt auf Eure Ideen ;) Lasst Eurer Kreativität freien Lauf.

Danke!

Proposed translations

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What's creeping and cheeping in the nature reserve?

What's lurking and looming
....crawling and calling (caterwauling)
scuttling and soaring

If you want to sort of stick to the original (poetic) format (Collins gives: all things that do creep and fly. poet)

See nature at large on the reserve
Nature on the loose
What's under foot (afoot) or in the air?

Peer comment(s):

agree Eckhard Boehle
2 hrs
agree Kim Metzger : Nice ones.
4 hrs
Thanks
agree Mario Marcolin
12 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I liked the ideas of 'creeping and cheeping' or 'creeping and crawling' best. Thank you everybody for your ideas!"
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some ideas

Creatures great and small that live in our wildlife sanctuary

What creatures and critters live in the nature reserve?


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Note added at 2004-03-10 16:48:39 (GMT)
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a couple more:

Find out what flies, creeps and crawls in our wildlife sanctuary

What kind of animals are at home in our nature reserve?

hope it helps

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Note added at 2004-03-10 17:01:27 (GMT)
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WHat kind of wildlife are you likely to find in our nature reserve?


... another one
Peer comment(s):

agree Eckhard Boehle : some goodies
5 hrs
agree Kim Metzger : What's flying, creeping and crawling?
7 hrs
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13 mins

creepy crawlers and flying creatures

:-)
Peer comment(s):

agree Gisela Greenlee : my first thought was creepy-crawlies
1 hr
agree Eckhard Boehle
5 hrs
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16 mins

The flying and creeping fauna of the nature reserve

The winged and legged beasties of the reserve

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Note added at 2004-03-10 17:13:16 (GMT)
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Flying or four-legged fauna - for the alliteration
Peer comment(s):

agree Mario Marcolin : Flying and four-legged :)
15 hrs
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35 mins

wildlife galore

Not particularly creative, but I suspect you need to get away from the kreucht und fleucht idea, which works well in German but doesn't translate very satisfactorily.
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37 mins

things that go bump in the night

a bit literary but not completely un-apropros

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\"creatures large and small\"
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4 hrs

What's at large in the natural reserve?

my 2 (euro) cents worth
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