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überfrierende Nässe

English translation: black ice

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German term or phrase:überfrierende Nässe
English translation:black ice
Entered by: GWM123

12:12 Feb 18, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Meteorology
German term or phrase: überfrierende Nässe
Ein weiterer Textbaustein für Wetterwarnungen:
Strassen: Eisglättegefahr durch überfrierende Nässe (d.h. die Strassen sind nass und aufgrund der tiefen Temperaturen bildet sich "Eisglätte".
Martina Amstutz
Local time: 23:04
black ice
Explanation:
Cf. Duden-Oxford.
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GWM123
Local time: 23:04
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3 +9black ice
GWM123
4freezing wetness
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
black ice


Explanation:
Cf. Duden-Oxford.

GWM123
Local time: 23:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dolores Vázquez
1 min
agree  mary austria: Agree.
5 mins
agree  Ken Cox
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agree  hazmatgerman (X)
11 mins
agree  Nicole Schnell: That's how we call it in the US.
36 mins
agree  Mihaela Boteva: With Nicole.
44 mins
agree  Colin Rowe: Cf. also Collins German Dictionary
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agree  Daniela Gieseler-Higgs
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agree  NicC
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
freezing wetness


Explanation:
Ich hoffe, dir geholfen zu haben.


    Reference: http://documents.wolfram.com/v4-de/OtherInformation/Textfarb...
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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