Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

abos

English translation:

subscriptions

Added to glossary by Robert Kleemaier
Jun 30, 2005 22:26
18 yrs ago
German term

abos

German to English Other Marketing
Part of a mobile phone company's marketing brochure:

"Sie haben dabei alle Vorteile eines Abos, aber ohne Monatsgebühr."

What is "Abos"? I'm thinking "subscription", but can someone confirm?

This is Swiss German.

Thanks! :-)
Proposed translations (English)
5 +13 subscription
5 subscription = Abonnement = Abo (kurzf.)

Proposed translations

+13
2 mins
Selected

subscription

back with refs in a sec.

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Note added at 2 mins (2005-06-30 22:29:14 GMT)
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in other words, you\'re right! :-)

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Note added at 6 mins (2005-06-30 22:32:54 GMT)
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references:
1) from Austria: http://business.telekom.at/forms/magazine/index.php
2) from Germany: http://www.abo-zentrale.de/
3) from Switzerland: http://www.motosport.ch/_apps_abo/index.asp (\'abo-services\')
Peer comment(s):

agree Frosty
1 min
merci
agree jccantrell : yes, short for das Abonnement
5 mins
thx
agree swisstell
19 mins
thank you
agree Lancashireman
45 mins
danke
agree Sabine Griebler
1 hr
danke, Sabine
agree Elvira Stoianov
2 hrs
danke, Elvira
agree Elena Bellucci
9 hrs
danke
agree Ulrike Kraemer
9 hrs
ditto
agree LillyGK
10 hrs
ditto
agree ENGSOL
10 hrs
ditto
agree Hilary Davies Shelby
12 hrs
thx, Hilary
agree Cilian O'Tuama : and standard German, not just Swiss
1 day 1 hr
Hi Cilian!
agree Aniruddha Vishwakarma : absolutely! :-)
1 day 16 hrs
merci
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you! Overwhelming unanimity! :-)"
16 mins

subscription = Abonnement = Abo (kurzf.)

subscription = Abonnement = Abo (kurzf.)

gruss

docjp
Peer comment(s):

neutral Lancashireman : Hi there , Doc ! Why not just agree with Rob's answer which was posted 14 mins earlier?
30 mins
neutral Cilian O'Tuama : agree with Andrew - them's the (unwritten) rules alright :-)
1 day 1 hr
neutral Aniruddha Vishwakarma : I agree with andrew
1 day 15 hrs
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