19:06 Aug 19, 2019 |
German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Helen Shiner United Kingdom Local time: 13:22 | ||||||
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3 +2 | without ragged edges |
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5 -1 | accurate/error free |
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Zippel (colloq. for Zipfel) and associated vb, zippeln (tug at loose ends etc.) |
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without ragged edges Explanation: Tentatively: a typo for zipfelfrei. As Michael says, it might be a local dialect version of the word, or if this is a transcription of a recording, for instance, just a misheard word. |
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15 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
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2 days 4 hrs |
Reference: Zippel (colloq. for Zipfel) and associated vb, zippeln (tug at loose ends etc.) Reference information: Just in post-answer-confirmation of Helen and Spencer - https://www.snaply.de/wickelschal-zippel-junior-schnittmuste... - (pattern for) a children's scarf worn to form a triangle - a point (a Munich-based website) or these 2 finds (not accessed in detail, no need): zippeln - Ruhrgebietssprache http://www.ruhrgebietssprache.de/lexikon/zippeln.html Anonymous View zippeln (auch: zuppeln). aus Nervosität dauernd mit den Fingern an sich herumfummeln; bei Männern oft das Herumzupfen an den Nasen- oder Barthaaren ... zippeln am Rock rum | WordReference Forums https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/zippeln-am-rock-rum.... - so we're talking 'loose ends' or 'ends' at all as in Helen's 'ragged', and in the verb, the tugging/fussing/picking around them or as if searching for them. https://www.snaply.de/wickelschal-zippel-junior-schnittmuster-ebook/a-68006501/ |
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