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U-Boot · 09-15-11, 10:50 AM

Convoy... I SHOULDA'HAE remebered!

But mission - well, any kind of task one is assigned to is a mission, is there no specific word for that? As far as I understand "Feindfahrt", it refers more to the 'journey' rather than to the 'goal' (as it is also generally the way with compound words in German - the second part of the compound is the more important one regarding the meaning). As soon as you leave port, you're on Feindfahrt. In addition, I also think that not every mission (e.g. transport important data, defend your attacked port) is a Feindfahrt (leave port in order to attack the enemy in the field), the latter one being more specific. But perhaps this is just nitpicking (which may be explained by me studying English and German literature and language at the university).

09-15-11, 10:50 AM	#14
U-Boot Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Periscope depth... looking at YOU Posts: 13 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Convoy... I SHOULDA'HAE remebered! But mission - well, any kind of task one is assigned to is a mission, is there no specific word for that? As far as I understand "Feindfahrt", it refers more to the 'journey' rather than to the 'goal' (as it is also generally the way with compound words in German - the second part of the compound is the more important one regarding the meaning). As soon as you leave port, you're on Feindfahrt. In addition, I also think that not every mission (e.g. transport important data, defend your attacked port) is a Feindfahrt (leave port in order to attack the enemy in the field), the latter one being more specific. But perhaps this is just nitpicking (which may be explained by me studying English and German literature and language at the university). __________________ Bernard. You just gotta love 'im, bless the poor wretch. La shai'a waqi'un mutlaq bal kullun mumkin. Kaleun Jürgen Petersen - Kommandant der "Ugly"