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Re: Merchant Marine In German Is Handlesmarine?
From: Joel Jacobs
Date: 2004 Nov 12, 19:05 +0000
From: Joel Jacobs
Date: 2004 Nov 12, 19:05 +0000
Hello,
I've come up with a slightly different answer using a web German-English dictionary. I suspect the appropriate maritime useage is as Wolfgang and Henry reported.
Deutsch | English | |||||||||
1 Ergebnis f�r merchant shipping | 1 result for merchant shipping | |||||||||
Handelsschifffahrt {f}; Handelsschiffahrt {f} [alt] |
The dictionary is at
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This does not answer the meaning of Deutsche Seefahrt imprinted on a sextant certificate.
This does not answer the meaning of Deutsche Seefahrt imprinted on a sextant certificate.
Joel Jacobs
-------------- Original message from "Henry C. Halboth" <halboth@JUNO.COM>: --------------
> Wolfgang, please consult Marinewoerterbuch, 5-sprachig, herausgegeben vom
> Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine, in about 1942, wherein merchant marine =
> Handelsmarine; merchant navigation = Handelsschiffahrt; and, merchant
> ship = Handelsschiff. Languages do change and Germans were/are notorious
> for building elaborate and descriptive nouns, buit when I sailed aboard
> German ships I described myself as being in the Handelsschiffmarine, or
> Handelsmarine - after all, I did say "at one time". Would be interested
> in discussing with you a search for a german book that I have been
> looking for over the years.
>
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:31:32 +0100 =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_K=F6berer?=
>writes:
> > Sorry to correct anbody, bu! t at most points in time "Merchant marine"
> > in
> > German was correctly translated as "Handelsschiffahrt". Due to the
> > latest
> > rules in German spelling it is now spelled with 3 "f" (i.e.:
> > "Handelsschifffahrt") which to people used to the old spelling looks
> > kind of
> > strange.
> > Wolfgang K�berer
> >
> > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Navigation Mailing List
> > [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM] Im
> > Auftrag von Henry C. Halboth
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 12. November 2004 17:03
> > An: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
> > Betreff: Re: MERCHANT MARINE IN GERMAN IS:
> >
> > At one point in time, at least, Merchant Marine in German was
> > "Handleschiffmarine"
> >
> > On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:35:16 +0000 Yourname Here
> >!
> > writes:
> > > Merchant Marine in German is Deutsch Seefahrt.
> > >
> > > So what is it in Russian?
> > >
> > > Joel Jacobs
> > > --
> > > Visit our website
> > > http://www.landandseacollection.com
> >
> Wolfgang, please consult Marinewoerterbuch, 5-sprachig, herausgegeben vom
> Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine, in about 1942, wherein merchant marine =
> Handelsmarine; merchant navigation = Handelsschiffahrt; and, merchant
> ship = Handelsschiff. Languages do change and Germans were/are notorious
> for building elaborate and descriptive nouns, buit when I sailed aboard
> German ships I described myself as being in the Handelsschiffmarine, or
> Handelsmarine - after all, I did say "at one time". Would be interested
> in discussing with you a search for a german book that I have been
> looking for over the years.
>
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:31:32 +0100 =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_K=F6berer?=
>
> > Sorry to correct anbody, bu! t at most points in time "Merchant marine"
> > in
> > German was correctly translated as "Handelsschiffahrt". Due to the
> > latest
> > rules in German spelling it is now spelled with 3 "f" (i.e.:
> > "Handelsschifffahrt") which to people used to the old spelling looks
> > kind of
> > strange.
> > Wolfgang K�berer
> >
> > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Navigation Mailing List
> > [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM] Im
> > Auftrag von Henry C. Halboth
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 12. November 2004 17:03
> > An: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
> > Betreff: Re: MERCHANT MARINE IN GERMAN IS:
> >
> > At one point in time, at least, Merchant Marine in German was
> > "Handleschiffmarine"
> >
> > On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:35:16 +0000 Yourname Here
> >!
> > writes:
> > > Merchant Marine in German is Deutsch Seefahrt.
> > >
> > > So what is it in Russian?
> > >
> > > Joel Jacobs
> > > --
> > > Visit our website
> > > http://www.landandseacollection.com
> >