Aug 11, 2011 13:32
12 yrs ago
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German term
igittibraun
Non-PRO
German to English
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"gelb, grün, dunkelrot, blassrosa, taubengrau und igittibraun" - I just don't know what shade igittibraun is meant to be and it doesn't appear in my dictionary. Thanks.
Proposed translations
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| 2 +9 | yucky brown |
Kim Metzger
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| 3 +4 | icky brown |
Stefanie Reinhold
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Proposed translations
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
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Mexico
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
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yucky brown
I think.
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Note added at 2 mins (2011-08-11 13:34:44 GMT)
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http://www.dict.cc/german-english/Igitt.html
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Note added at 2 mins (2011-08-11 13:34:44 GMT)
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http://www.dict.cc/german-english/Igitt.html
Peer comment(s):
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Coqueiro
: http://tinyurl.com/3m656t6
or political less correct as here: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/paul simon/the vampires_2010594...
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Armorel Young
: Confirmed by the very useful "Dictionary of German Slang and Colloquial Expressions" (although exactly what shade of brown might thereby be referred to remains unclear :-)
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Maureen Millington-Brodie
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Or any of the various synonyms such as icky, nasty, etc.
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AllegroTrans
27 mins
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Alan Johnson
32 mins
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Frosty
51 mins
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Thayenga
: Yes!
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Inna Edsall
5 hrs
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Jenny Streitparth
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
+4
8 mins
Stefanie Reinhold
United States
United States
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Native in: German (Variant: Germany)
Works in: English to German, German to English
icky brown
igitti braun is a little bit 'cutsie'. I think you'll want to go a little more cutsie than 'yucky'.
Igitti and icky are both terms a female teenager may use.
Therefore my suggestion: icky brown.
Igitti and icky are both terms a female teenager may use.
Therefore my suggestion: icky brown.
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AllegroTrans
20 mins
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Armorel Young
: Do icky and igitti have the same derivation, I wonder? - they sound as though they are related.
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mill2
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Sim_SRProjects
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