English translation of "volkskirchlich gepr�gt" - "they grew up / were raised in a completely traditional catholic environment"

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217 months ago

Angelika Inglis asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	volkskirchlich gepr�gt
Context:	"Aufgewachsen sind Sie in eine
Keywords:	German Catholic aid organisati

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217 months ago

Charles Warcup wrote:

... in an environment in which going to church was customary.

My comment:

Rather a departure from the original text, but I think it is trying to indicate that it was "the done thing" to go to church (of a major confession). I take it that there is no contextual connection with the Nazi interpretation of volkskirchlich?

My references:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkskirche

217 months ago

Charles Warcup wrote:

an environment formed in a volks church

My comment:

After having been considered politically incorrest for some time now, the word "Volk" is again being used in English in the German, Dutch, and Afrikaans contexts, as their is no exact equuivalent in English. Please use "Volk" freely in British and American English. sei stolz weiss, weltweit!

217 months ago

Nicola Devlin wrote:

they grew up in an environment characterised by evangelism

My comment:

volkskirche is not catholic, that is katholisch.

217 months ago

Rupert Kindermann wrote:

they grew up / were raised in a completely traditional catholic environment

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