strit

English translation: Spike or spiky

22:48 Nov 4, 2009
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research / Hair care products
Danish term or phrase: strit
This is to describe a hair care product that "giver max fylde og strit i kort hår."

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Nikolaj Widenmann
United States
Local time: 09:52
English translation:Spike or spiky
Explanation:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i234.photobuck...

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-11-04 22:57:52 GMT)
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I found many links referring to spiky hair-dos or cuts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiked_(hairstyle)
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Lise Leavitt
United States
Local time: 11:52
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Maximum volume and lift
Soren Petersen
3 +2Spike or spiky
Lise Leavitt
4 -1body
Tara Chace
3'hold'
Diarmuid Kennan
3spiky texture
Malberg


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
body


Explanation:
maximum fullness and body

literally it means "spiky" or "bristly," but I don't think you'd use those terms to market a hair product in English...

Tara Chace
United States
Local time: 08:52
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Lise Leavitt: Body is more like fylde. The volume.
5 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Spike or spiky


Explanation:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i234.photobuck...

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-11-04 22:57:52 GMT)
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I found many links referring to spiky hair-dos or cuts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiked_(hairstyle)

Lise Leavitt
United States
Local time: 11:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Birthe Omark: With 'strit-hår' means that the hair is standing up / out like spikes. Tintin has only got one of them. But it is famous. Danish: http://images.google.dk/imgres?imgurl=http://photo.vixdata.c...
6 hrs

agree  Pernille Chapman
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
'hold'


Explanation:
Here in Ireland, you only have to watch TV for 15 minutes to see almost as many adverts for hair products. The one characteristic that seems to be most attractive is volume. "Big hair" is everything.
You can apparently purchase hair products that provide 'hold' and even varying degrees of 'hold', from 'medium hold' to 'maximum hold'. Apparently, Leonardo de Caprio prefers 'medium-hold hair gel'. Jennifer Aniston on the other hand, prefers Aveda Firmata 'Firm Hold' Hair Spray. So, there you go....

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 15:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Maximum volume and lift


Explanation:
I would go for "Maximum volume and lift"

Example sentence(s):
  • http://www.pantene.com/en-US/product/volume_bodybuildervolumizingmoussemaxhold.jspx
Soren Petersen
United States
Local time: 10:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  aha: I think "lift" describes well what it does to short hair.
1 hr

neutral  Pernille Chapman: When I read 'lift', I think of extra body in very fine hair (like my own!), irrespective of the hairstyle or length of hair. 'Strit' literally means 'spiky' and only works on short hair.
10 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
spiky texture


Explanation:
Pictures: http://images.google.dk/images?hl=da&rlz=1W1HPEA_da&um=1&sa=...

Examples: http://www.google.dk/search?hl=da&rlz=1W1HPEA_da&q="spiky te...

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http://www.google.dk/search?hl=da&rlz=1W1HPEA_da&q="texture ...

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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-11-05 10:24:28 GMT)
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http://www.google.dk/search?hl=da&rlz=1W1HPEA_da&q="volume a...

Malberg
Denmark
Local time: 16:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
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