Halp!

[jadesfire]

What does siebenundfünfzigster mean? Babelfish is letting me down! *thwacks it*

ETA: I knew you guys would know. Thanks!

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[dyddgu.livejournal.com]

seven-and-fiftieth, I think.
I hope a Real German Speaker can correct me.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Aha. That makes sense, thanks.

Why couldn't they just put the damn number on it...

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

57er? What would that be? Sounds like a car or a wine...

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

It's a volume of "Keilschriftttexte aus Boghazkoi" but I could work out which one...

Thanks!

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Oh my dear Lord. I am quite scared of your library all of a sudden...

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*giggle* That should have read "couldn't", by the way. German I can usually cope with. It's the Russian that flummoxes me :)

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

The trick is to squint and know that the E isn't an E? ;)

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

57th, I reckon. 'ster' means 'someone who is'. But maybe someone who can speak German will help. I wish I'd carried on learning it!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

57th it is, thanks! I have a good specialised vocabulary in German - I can translate all the archaeology and classics words, but numbers still baffle me... :)

[idontlikegravy.livejournal.com]

Numbers I can do, it's the archaeological and grammatical terms I need to learn. Kinda makes my life tricky, seeing as all the major works on 5th Dynasty tomb inscriptions are in German. *eyes German textbooks and feels guilty*

I think it would now be somewhat defunct for me to add that it's '57th', wouldn't it? *g*

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

Hi, German lurking

it means: 57th

Hope that helps.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I need a better dictionary...

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

try www.leo.org, they are really good!

[dyddgu.livejournal.com]

seven-and-fiftieth, I think.
I hope a Real German Speaker can correct me.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Aha. That makes sense, thanks.

Why couldn't they just put the damn number on it...

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

57er? What would that be? Sounds like a car or a wine...

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

It's a volume of "Keilschriftttexte aus Boghazkoi" but I could work out which one...

Thanks!

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Oh my dear Lord. I am quite scared of your library all of a sudden...

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*giggle* That should have read "couldn't", by the way. German I can usually cope with. It's the Russian that flummoxes me :)

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

The trick is to squint and know that the E isn't an E? ;)

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

57th, I reckon. 'ster' means 'someone who is'. But maybe someone who can speak German will help. I wish I'd carried on learning it!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

57th it is, thanks! I have a good specialised vocabulary in German - I can translate all the archaeology and classics words, but numbers still baffle me... :)

[idontlikegravy.livejournal.com]

Numbers I can do, it's the archaeological and grammatical terms I need to learn. Kinda makes my life tricky, seeing as all the major works on 5th Dynasty tomb inscriptions are in German. *eyes German textbooks and feels guilty*

I think it would now be somewhat defunct for me to add that it's '57th', wouldn't it? *g*

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

Hi, German lurking

it means: 57th

Hope that helps.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I need a better dictionary...

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

try www.leo.org, they are really good!