tripstrü

English translation: Podunk

11:36 Sep 4, 2015
German to English translations [PRO]
Geography
German term or phrase: tripstrü
In (Austrian) German "Tripstrü" is the name for a totally uninteresting town/village/place where nothing ever happens, usually far away. Is there an English version for that? I think I've heard people use "XY upon YZ" when talking about such a place.
Anches Holzweber
Local time: 20:54
English translation:Podunk
Explanation:
For US usage only
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Kevin Fulton
United States
Local time: 15:54
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Thanks a lot!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1Podunk
Kevin Fulton
3 +1Nowheresville
Alison MacG
3Nether Piddle on the Marsh
Lancashireman


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Podunk


Explanation:
For US usage only


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podunk
Kevin Fulton
United States
Local time: 15:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Darrel Knutson: The Urban Dictionary has an entry for “Podunkville”.
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Nowheresville


Explanation:
Again mainly US usage

nowheresville
US informal
A place or situation of no significance, promise, or interest:
‘an unhappy girl stuck in industrial Nowheresville, UK’
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/nowhere...

OED
Nowheresville, n.
colloq. and humorous (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
A largely unknown or uninteresting place, esp. a small, rural town; (also fig.) obscurity, insignificance, limbo.

The BBC came in for a cyclone of criticism yesterday after a weatherman described the Western Isles as "nowheresville".
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12757934.display/

Similar idea in French:

Trifouilly-les-Oies
1.(Familier) (Ironique) Localité rurale imaginaire, village perdu sans attrait particulier.
https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Trifouilly-les-Oies

Other options might be "back of beyond" or even things like Outer Mongolia or Timbuktu

Alison MacG
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks a lot! Best, Anches


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Clare Bentley
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Nether Piddle on the Marsh


Explanation:
Only works for the UK, I think.
I suppose the American version would be something ending in -ville.

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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2015-09-05 15:06:55 GMT) Post-grading
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You're welcome. However, the answer chosen bears no similarity to your original supposition. In future, it might be best to state clearly from the outset that you are looking for American English.

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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Asker: Thanks a lot! Best, Anches

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