Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Kinderspruch
English translation:
nursery rhyme
Added to glossary by
Steffen Walter
Nov 3, 2008 11:15
15 yrs ago
German term
United Kingdom
For the Love of Language
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Kinderspruch
German to English
Art/Literary
Folklore
Austrian fairy tales
This is from the bibliographical information for the collection of Austrian fairy tales. I gather from the web that it means something like "the things kids say" but is there a more technical term for that in English?
Seine Heimatstadt Ödenburg war noch zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts ein wichtiges nördliches Siedlungsgebiet der sogenannten "Heanzen" und wies bis zur Aussiedlung der Deutschen aus Westungarn enge kulturelle Verbindungen (besonders in Volksbrauch, Mundart, Lied und **Kinderspruch**) zum heutigen Burgenland auf."
Seine Heimatstadt Ödenburg war noch zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts ein wichtiges nördliches Siedlungsgebiet der sogenannten "Heanzen" und wies bis zur Aussiedlung der Deutschen aus Westungarn enge kulturelle Verbindungen (besonders in Volksbrauch, Mundart, Lied und **Kinderspruch**) zum heutigen Burgenland auf."
Proposed translations
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Nov 3, 2008 21:38: S Ben Price Created KOG entry
Nov 4, 2008 08:24: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/648708">S Ben Price's</a> old entry - "Kinderspruch"" to ""nursery rhymes""
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S Ben Price
Spain
Spain
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Spain
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nursery rhymes
This is what it looks like to me. Like "Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water ...."
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