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höchst dotiert

English translation: with the biggest purse

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German term or phrase:höchst dotiert
English translation:with the biggest purse
Entered by: Cilian O'Tuama

09:47 Jul 25, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Sports / Fitness / Recreation
German term or phrase: höchst dotiert
"XXX auch 2003 Sponsor des höchst dotierten heimischen Sport Events"

I'm not really sure how to phrase "höchst dotiert". thanks!
georg schreiner
Local time: 14:23
with the highest purse
Explanation:
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purse = the total amount of money offered in prizes for a given event (Merriam-Webster)

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Note added at 2003-07-25 09:52:29 (GMT)
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or \'with the highest prize money\'

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Note added at 2003-07-25 12:31:05 (GMT)
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in fact, \'biggest purse\' is more common than \'highest p.\'
Selected response from:

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 14:23
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6richest
Edward L. Crosby III
4 +2with the highest purse
Cilian O'Tuama
5with the richest (cash) prizes
Nicholas Hogg
4with the largest prize
Armorel Young
3lucrative
jerrie


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
with the highest purse


Explanation:
-

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Note added at 2003-07-25 09:51:27 (GMT)
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purse = the total amount of money offered in prizes for a given event (Merriam-Webster)

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2003-07-25 09:52:29 (GMT)
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or \'with the highest prize money\'

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2003-07-25 12:31:05 (GMT)
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in fact, \'biggest purse\' is more common than \'highest p.\'

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 14:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 155
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Susan Geiblinger
2 hrs
  -> Thanks. I was beginning to wonder if no-one else is familiar with the expression.
agree  Nancy Arrowsmith
3 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
lucrative


Explanation:
extremely profitable
high stakes

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
richest


Explanation:
"World Series of Poker

Fortunes have been won and lost at this epic poker championship. The world's RICHEST sporting event, in which prize money tops US$2 million, brings together some 4000 players to battle it out over the tables for a whole month each spring at Benny Binion's Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas."

The Travel Channel (http://www.whatsontheplanet.com/wow/ptnr/discovery/page.jsp?...

Edward L. Crosby III
Local time: 05:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maureen Holm, J.D., LL.M.: works here -- and a tidy phrase, at that
43 mins
  -> Thanks, Maureen. Tidy it is, but it's also not as "formal" as longer expressions ("with the most prize money", etc.).
agree  Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Italengger.
agree  wrtransco
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Mag.
agree  Robert Kleemaier
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Robert.
agree  Pat Jenner (X)
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Pat.
agree  Malgorzata Kozarzewska
8 hrs
  -> And thank you, too, Malgorzata.
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
with the largest prize


Explanation:
one of those neat German phrases that is more cumbersome in English

Armorel Young
Local time: 13:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 104

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Maureen Holm, J.D., LL.M.: German?
41 mins
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
höchst dotiert
with the richest (cash) prizes


Explanation:
perhaps this is a good way round it

Nicholas Hogg
Georgia
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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