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Sennerin

English translation: Alpine herdswoman and dairywoman

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German term or phrase:Sennerin
English translation:Alpine herdswoman and dairywoman
Entered by: gfish

12:34 May 16, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Folklore / Almwirtschaft
German term or phrase: Sennerin
Eine Sennerin hütet auf einer Alm das Vieh von anderen Bauern (meistens nur während des Sommers) und verarbeitet die Milch zu Käse und Butter.

According to the dictionaries it's ***dairymaid*** . But a dairymaid is described as a woman or girl who works in a dairy. And that's just not what a ***Sennerin*** is or is it?
gfish
Local time: 09:50
Alpine herdswoman and dairywoman
Explanation:
Duden/Oxford

Sennerin die; Sennerin, Sennerinnen (bayr., österr.) Alpine herdswoman and dairywoman

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Local time: 17:50
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thanks for your help!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5Alpine herdswoman and dairywoman
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5female person that takes care of the livestock on the mountain
Antoinette-M. Sixt Ruth


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Alpine herdswoman and dairywoman


Explanation:
Duden/Oxford

Sennerin die; Sennerin, Sennerinnen (bayr., österr.) Alpine herdswoman and dairywoman



Textklick
Local time: 17:50
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
thanks for your help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Darin Fitzpatrick
0 min
  -> Thanks Darin
agree  Kim Metzger: Or dairymaid.
1 min
  -> Cheers Kim. (Most of the ones I have seen have been of a ripe age. Even saw one smoking a pipe once ;-)
agree  Kathinka van de Griendt: well ... I smoke a pipe and I'm certainly not a Sennerin - lol
1 hr
  -> Thanks. It would be ungentlemanly to ask whether you are a maid or a woman, so I'll go for the default setting of 'lady' ;-)
agree  Gareth McMillan: Dairy woman is fine. As long as she doesn't drop her fag ash in the milk.
5 hrs
  -> Ah, Mr.McMillan emerges! For an illustration, look below "Sperkäse" at: http://www.hexenkueche.de/monate03/01mae.html
agree  Jeannette Bauroth: again, or dairymaid
6 hrs
  -> Thanks. I won't buy 'maid' though. Antoinette suggests there is more involved to the task. (OED: "dairymaid: employee of a dairy"). A concept that is not easily translated; suggesting to a 'Sennerin' that she were an employee is contra-indicated IMHO ;-)
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
female person that takes care of the livestock on the mountain


Explanation:
Although I agree with the previously received answers, I want to point out that the Sennerin is the person that takes care of the livestock while the latter is on the mountain i.e. during the summer months. This is the principal meaning of the term.
My two cents.

Antoinette-M. Sixt Ruth
Local time: 11:50
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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