das Geölte

14:33 Mar 24, 2018
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German language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
German term or phrase: das Geölte
Nichts ist ja gefährlicher für die Würde und das Ethos der Kunst als das Geölte und Bequeme unseres tagtäglichen Kunstbetriebes.....


Wie ist hier das Geölte gemeint?

Danke sehr
Maria Xanthopoulou
Greece


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4 +2das [gut] Geschmierte
Crannmer
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leave untranslated
Edith Kelly

  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
das [gut] Geschmierte


Explanation:
Im Sinne von einem gut geschmierten Mechanismus, welcher reibungslos sich dreht und funktioniert. Was in diesem Fall das Schmiermittel ist, soll sich der geneigte Leser selbst hinzudenken.

Crannmer
Local time: 18:45

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Edith Kelly: it's a title that has not been translated, leave in German, unless you want to reinvent the wheel
2 hrs
  -> Sorry, ich kann nicht ganz folgen.

agree  Thomas Pfann
6 hrs
  -> thx

agree  Johanna Timm, PhD
1 day 8 hrs
  -> thx
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3 hrs
Reference: leave untranslated

Reference information:
https://books.google.ch/books?id=Ln9FDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT6060&lpg=...

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Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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