Abnatur

English translation: forces of aberrance/aberrant potencies

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German term or phrase:Abnatur
English translation:forces of aberrance/aberrant potencies
Entered by: Ramey Rieger (X)

02:49 Dec 15, 2015
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
German term or phrase: Abnatur
durch die Krallen all der ins Kraut schießenden Kräfte der Abnatur.
Zinka Champagne
United States
forces of aberrance/aberrant potencies
Explanation:

...to shudder beneath the pinching, rending, slashing titillation, scratched by every twisted, perverse, secreted - now, though, truly devilishly debauched/libidinous - sprouting potencies of aberrance/forces of aberrance/aberrant potencies.

Oh! If I only had more time. But maybe this something to build on?
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Ramey Rieger (X)
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Local time: 20:32
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Summary of answers provided
2 +1forces of aberrance/aberrant potencies
Ramey Rieger (X)
3nature's dark(er) side
Lancashireman
3Kräfte der Abnatur = non-natural/anti-natural forces
Peter Koczian


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forces of aberrance/aberrant potencies


Explanation:

...to shudder beneath the pinching, rending, slashing titillation, scratched by every twisted, perverse, secreted - now, though, truly devilishly debauched/libidinous - sprouting potencies of aberrance/forces of aberrance/aberrant potencies.

Oh! If I only had more time. But maybe this something to build on?

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Many thanks for your answer. I had assumed something like "perversion" for "Abnatur," and your suggestion is certainly along the same lines and confirms that my guess was perhaps not entirely off the mark.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  franglish: 'aberrance' is in tune... I shudder!
2 hrs
  -> how bizarre, how bizarre...it takes all kinds
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nature's dark(er) side


Explanation:
https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1...

... or the darker side of nature if it can be phrased in such a way as to avoid the repetition of 'of'.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_q="the darker side ...

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_q="the dark side of...

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:32
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Kräfte der Abnatur = non-natural/anti-natural forces


Explanation:
This is what it etymologically means.

Peter Koczian
Germany
Local time: 20:32
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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