German words?

[alan]

I'm trying to assemble some information on my newly-acquired Melanophryniscus stelzneri. Babelfish can only take you so far, so I would appreciate the assistance of any German speakers as to the meaning of the following words:

nachzuchten
salientian
terrarienhaltung
kroetchen
filmdoe
heimchen
speisetisch
ungeheizte
vergitterte
quakvorgang
schallblase
laich
kaulquappen
quappen
bedaechtigen

Danke!

 

[ralf]

Here are some translations, some of these are guesses as their meaning depends on the overall meaning of the sentence:

Nachzuchten= “captive bred offspring“

salientian=sounds rather English to me, maybe something concerning „frogs“ in general (order Anura=Salientia)

Terrarienhaltung=“terrarium keeping“ or „the keeping of animals in terraria“

Kroetchen= "toadlet“

Filmdoe (probably Filmdose)=“film container“ (maybe one of those small cylindrical ones )

heimchen=“(house) cricket“

speisetisch=“dining (dinner) table“

ungeheizte= non, respectively not heated

vergitterte= “barred“ or „grilled“

Quakvorgang=“process of croaking (quacking)“ scientifically the „process of anuran vocalization“

Schallblase= “vocal sac“

Laich= “spawn“

Kaulquappen= “tadpoles“

Quappen=probably also "tadpoles"

bedaechtigen=“deliberately, slowly, staidly“ depending on the overall meaning of the sentence

 

[alan]

Danke Ralf!

 

[ralf]

Bitte Alan!

 

[alan]

One more please?

Brennesselpulver

Thanks,

 

[ralf]

Brennnesselpulver=dried and powdered stinging-nettle (Urtica spec.)

 

[mike]

Isn't that an halluci

nogenic?

 

[ralf]

Not to my knowledge, Mike. It's used for a lot of different purposes in organic gardening. However, one can also use it for the feeding of collemboles or artemia, for instance.

 

[mike]

My apologies Ralf.

I had a very sheltered childhood.

 

[alan]

Thanks Ralf, I should have guessed that one!