Maederlhaus

Englisch translation: House of the Three Girls

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Deutsch Begriff oder Satz:	Maederlhaus
Englisch Übersetzung:	House of the Three Girls
Eingetragen von:	jccantrell

19:20 Mar 29, 2013

Übersetzungen Deutsch > Englisch [PRO]
Slang / Austrian German

Deutsch Begriff oder Satz: Maederlhaus

Hi folks.

Working on the memoir of a family friend who was born in Vienna before World War I and has since passed away. She is describing her early memories during WWI. She lived with her uncle while her father was in the army. She had two cousins (girls) who were about the same age. Here is the sentence.

Wir waren immer gleich gekleidet und wurden das "3 Maederlhaus" genannt.

Now, I have heard the term "Frauenzimmer" (used by my mother-in-law to refer to some of my brother-in-law's girlfriends), but never a whole house!

So, what is this referring to? The memoir is sort of written as if she were just talking to someone, so what would be an appropriate translation?

All contributions gratefully accepted.

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House of the Three Girls

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Perhaps an allusion to the operetta of the same name. Either way, I think the meaning is pretty straightforward.

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Thanks. I would never have found this. Also, while the three daughters response was appealing, I could not find that referenced in English anywhere while this one was. It will get a note in the final translation referring to the operetta in any case.
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house of three daughters

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Dreimäderlhaus

House of the Three Girls

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Perhaps an allusion to the operetta of the same name. Either way, I think the meaning is pretty straightforward.

Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Dreim%C3%A4derlhaus

NGK
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Muttersprache: Englisch, Deutsch
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3 Maederlhaus house of three daughters

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I am actually in Vienna, and am pretty sure that the term refers really to a household with three daughters, and that there was a film of this name "3Mäderlhaus" in 1958, of a Schubert Opera originally.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Dreimäderlhaus_(1958)
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Dreimäderlhaus

Its a term used quite a bit here these days for hotels / Pensionen etc.

I guess what she is really trying to convey is that although the other two were cousins, they were perceived by the community as if they were sisters.

Vicky Bayer
Österreich
Local time: 08:17
Muttersprache: Englisch

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