Feb 10, 2005 12:38
19 yrs ago
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German term

Weichsel

German to English Marketing Food & Drink Fruit juices
Found in a list of fruit syrup flavours. I've found "St. Lucie cherry" for this but would simply "cherry" suffice?

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Non-ProZ.com Feb 11, 2005:
Thanks to all who came up with suggestions for this.

Proposed translations

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sour cherry

Weichselkirsche is Austrian German and means "sour cherry". To answer your question: yes'

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-02-10 12:43:52 GMT)
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see: http://dict.leo.org/cgi-bin/dict/urlexp/20031126192744
Peer comment(s):

agree Samira Goth : bot. Morello cherry, but I would rather write "sour cherry", the flavour is different from sweet cherry!
2 mins
thanks
agree writeaway
25 mins
thank you
agree Steffen Walter
39 mins
dankeschön
agree Katrin Lueke
1 hr
agree Hilary Davies Shelby
2 hrs
agree Ryszard Matuszewski : just cherry is also OK
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks - this seems to fit the bill!"
5 mins

Mahaleb cherry

the common name, if that's what you're after

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s. below - only info

From the botanic point of view:
(there is a difference between Prunus cerasus (sour cherry, Sauerkirsche, Austrian: Weichselkirsche) and Prunus mahaleb (Stein-Weichsel)

http://www.boga.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Laubgehoelze_M-Q.html
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Morello cherry

Hiya - this is what i would call them, but it might depend on your audience (i.e. if this is a product targeted at children, "sour cherry" might be more appropriate!).
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