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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

lebensfreundlich

English translation:

hospitable

Added to glossary by Hilary Davies Shelby
Mar 30, 2006 21:52
18 yrs ago
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German term

lebensfreundlich

German to English Social Sciences Geography
Hello all! Anyone got a good suggestion for "lebensfreundlich" in the following sentence?

"Das tropische Klima ist äußerst lebensfreundlich und fruchtbar."

Thanks a lot!
Proposed translations (English)
2 hospitable
4 lush, fecund, fertile
3 +1 conducive to life
1 eco-friendly
1 bio-supportive

Proposed translations

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hospitable

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Great suggestions, thank you very much! I ended up using Claire's."
21 mins

eco-friendly

Since the discussion subject is the climate I’d suggest ‘environment friendly’ or ‘eco-friendly’.
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48 mins

bio-supportive

Another CL1 answer because it sounds made up.
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1 hr

lush, fecund, fertile

If you want to be more literal, you can also use "friendly to life" like the Stanford folks in this news release
Reference:

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/95/951213marslife.html

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+1
3 hrs

conducive to life

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Peer comment(s):
agree Eckhard Boehle : many thousand references (although some like "search for extrasolar planets that would be conducive to life")
9 hrs
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