This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. English to German
  3. Poetry & Literature

'Cleanliness is next to godliness' (proverb)

German translation: Sauberkeit kommt gleich nach Gottesfurcht.

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:'Cleanliness is next to godliness' (proverb)
German translation:Sauberkeit kommt gleich nach Gottesfurcht.
Entered by: BirgitBerlin

16:26 Sep 18, 2006
English to German translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Margaret Thatcher's biography
English term or phrase: 'Cleanliness is next to godliness' (proverb)
'Cleanliness is next to godliness'
Virginia1000
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:13
Sauberkeit kommt gleich nach Gottesfurcht.
Explanation:
dazu würde ich in Klammern schreiben:
(engl. Sprichwort)
Selected response from:

BirgitBerlin
Germany
Local time: 14:13
Grading comment
Thanks a lot Birgit for this answer!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6Sauberkeit kommt gleich nach Gottesfurcht.
BirgitBerlin
3 +1Reinlichkeit ist eine goettliche Tugend.
muitoprazer (X)
3Sauberkeit ist alles
Bernhard Sulzer


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
a certain proverb
Sauberkeit kommt gleich nach Gottesfurcht.


Explanation:
dazu würde ich in Klammern schreiben:
(engl. Sprichwort)

BirgitBerlin
Germany
Local time: 14:13
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks a lot Birgit for this answer!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ivo Lang
16 mins
  -> Danke schön!
agree  Cetacea
54 mins
  -> Vielen Dank!
agree  Nicole Schnell: Ich kenne das auch als "Reinlichkeit kommt gleich.."
1 hr
  -> Oder so.... :-)
agree  Caro Maucher: Meine Güte, was Sprichwörter.
1 hr
  -> Ja doll, was?
agree  Bernhard Sulzer: Kenn' "Sauberkeit ist alles", aber es kommt wohl darauf an, woher man stammt.
3 hrs
  -> Naja, Gottesfurcht ist ja auch etwas altmodisch... ;-)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): @ BirgitBerlin : warum eigentlich? wir täten alle gut daran, und Gott ist ewig
9 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
'cleanliness is next to godliness' (proverb)
Sauberkeit ist alles


Explanation:
Manchmal auch so verwendet.

Bernhard


    Reference: http://www.vokaboly.de/phrases/browse.php?letter=c
Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 08:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 31
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
'cleanliness is next to godliness' (proverb)
Reinlichkeit ist eine goettliche Tugend.


Explanation:
noch eine Moeglichkeit.

muitoprazer (X)
Local time: 13:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bernhard Sulzer: klingt sehr bekannt
5 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search