Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Lockfutter

English translation:

bait

Added to glossary by Elsje Apostel
Aug 14, 2009 05:06
14 yrs ago
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German term

Lockfutter

German to English Tech/Engineering Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Beim Trägermittel handelt es sich um Wasser oder Futter (insbesondere Lockfutter oder Kraftfutter)
Change log

Aug 14, 2009 06:02: writeaway changed "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Other"

Aug 14, 2009 06:26: writeaway changed "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering"

Aug 28, 2009 06:11: Elsje Apostel Created KOG entry

Discussion

franglish Aug 14, 2009:
@Anita What animals is this supposed to attract? More info would be helpful.

Proposed translations

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bait

I'd just use bait
Peer comment(s):

agree Rolf Keiser : so would I
2 days 1 hr
thank you very much
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
10 days
Danke Harald
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attractant feed

Gets some g-hits, still a bit strange-sounding, but imo a little less drastic than bait feed, which seems to have even strongerhnting/fishing connotations.
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bait feed

I would suggest ...

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Note added at 11 mins (2009-08-14 05:17:25 GMT)
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or "enticement feed"

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Note added at 15 mins (2009-08-14 05:21:20 GMT)
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"feed" being used for animals as opposed to "food' for humans ...

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Note added at 7 hrs (2009-08-14 12:27:03 GMT)
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really hard to help here without more context ....

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Note added at 7 hrs (2009-08-14 12:56:02 GMT)
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if it's fish just "bait" but otherwise ....
Peer comment(s):

agree gangels (X)
11 hrs
agree Alison MacG : With your "enticement feed" idea, assuming that concentrate(d) feed is being used to entice animals to a particular location. It is used in this way in this patent of Dutch origin: http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6622651/description.html
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