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German - light

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Source Language Term	German
Correct?	light
Examples/ definitions with source references	The light woods on the hillside. (ex.)
Comment	Ok.. The german adjective "licht", in the meaning of the opposite of "dense". I know it translates to english directly; just how clear would such a translation be? Is there a better choice? I fear that since the term is widely more ambigous in english (un-dense, lightweight, the substantive not being captilized) and i do not know how well-used this meaning is in english, this might not be such a good idea. Comments, anyone? Thanks.
Author	sono	05 Jan 05, 14:45

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`German`	`der Deutsche \| die Deutsche pl.: die Deutschen`
`German adj.`	`deutsch`

`to speak German \| spoke, spoken \|`	`Deutsch (or: deutsch) sprechen \| sprach, gesprochen \|`
`diploma from German secondary school qualifying for university admission or matriculation`	`das Abitur pl.`
`decline of German dialects`	`Niedergang der deutschen Mundarten`
`decline of German dialects`	`Rückgang der deutschen Mundarten`
`free German border [COMM.]`	`frei deutsche Grenze`

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"German" oder "german" ?

#1	Author	sono	05 Jan 05, 14:47
Comment		Ah, my attention slipped on the word "Term" i'm afraid, so excuse the misdescriptive header.

#2	Author	odondon irl	05 Jan 05, 14:52
Comment		how 'undense' are the trees? if relatively widely spaced you could opt out for 'scattered' googling for light woods or thin woods gets overwhelmingly finished wood products, and no references I could find to trees.

#3	Author	sono	05 Jan 05, 14:57
Comment		Huhn, this appears about as complicated as i thought it would be. The trees aren't scattered, they're light woods ;-) That means, standing inside them you can still see the sky quite unobstructed, but they're definitely woods nevertheless. You just won't find a place where you can touch two treetrunks both hands, ah? The use of the adjective "light" in this context is probably a bit antiquated in both german and english.

#4	Author	itzamna	05 Jan 05, 15:06
Context/ examples		Der lichte Wald auf dem Hügel.
Comment		I take it your question was to find an appropriate translation to your little sentence (which you'll find here)? Correct me if I misunderstood the question.

#5	Author	sono	05 Jan 05, 15:08
Comment		Googling for "in the light woods" brings some more enligthening results. I guess i will go with it.

Corrections	sparse - licht
Comment	more usual, maybe
#6	Author	Ghol GB	05 Jan 05, 15:41

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sparse

licht

Comment

more usual, maybe

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Ghol GB

05 Jan 05, 15:41

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