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Mettenspiele

English translation: nativity play

14:49 May 2, 2015
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Religion
German term or phrase: Mettenspiele
It's a text describing the Christmas program for a church. Sentence is as follows:

"Ergänzt wird das Angebot durch Adventskonzerte und Mettenspiele."
Carlie Sitzman
United States
Local time: 18:57
English translation:nativity play
Explanation:
The word Mettenspiel consists of "Mette" and "Spiel". Mette is the old word for a mass in Church, while "Spiel" means "play" so it's basically in case of the Christmas scenario a nativity play that they perform in the Church during a Christmas mass.

I hope that helped.
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codenessi
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5 +5nativity play
codenessi
5 +4Christmas pageant
Ingeborg Gowans (X)


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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Christmas pageant


Explanation:
As Phil pointed out easy to find: just type in "Mettenspiele"
"The birth of christ the story of Luke 1, often performed during the Christmas Eve service

Example sentence(s):
  • Mette Ecc. midnight mass (Wordsworth Concise German dictionary)
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
Canada
Local time: 19:57
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Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or nativity play.
1 hr
  -> exactly; thanks, Phil
agree  Donald Jacobson
3 hrs
  -> thank you, Donald
agree  Jacek Konopka
3 hrs
  -> thanks, Jacek
agree  Eckhard Boehle
1 day 19 mins
  -> thank you, Eckhard
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
nativity play


Explanation:
The word Mettenspiel consists of "Mette" and "Spiel". Mette is the old word for a mass in Church, while "Spiel" means "play" so it's basically in case of the Christmas scenario a nativity play that they perform in the Church during a Christmas mass.

I hope that helped.

Example sentence(s):
  • Bei dem Mettenspiel habe ich die Maria gespielt.
  • I played the Mary in the nativity play.

    Reference: http://n-land.de/lokales/lok-detail/datum/2012/01/08/crotten...
codenessi
Germany
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agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): yes, this works, too
2 hrs
agree  Horst Huber (X)
8 hrs
agree  BrigitteHilgner
13 hrs
agree  Eckhard Boehle
22 hrs
agree  Nicola Wood
1 day 13 hrs
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