English term
Our next door neighbor / Our next door neighbors
How would one say this (Our next door neighbor / Our next door neighbors) in German? e.g. as in "Our next door neighbor is a Vedantist" or "Our next door neighbors go on vacation a lot (often go on holidays etc.).
Thanks in advance for the help. I appreciate all answers that are given even though I can only vote for one in the end.
Sincerely,
Brian Costello
| 4 +15 | unser Nachbar / unsere Nachbarn |
Edith Kelly
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| 3 +9 | unser direkter Nachbar |
Monja Meyer
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| 4 +3 | unsere direkten Nachbarn |
Helga Humlova
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| 4 +3 | "unser Nachbar nebenan" |
Stefanie Neubert
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Non-PRO (3): erika rubinstein, Andrea Teltemann, Andrea Flaßbeck (X)
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Proposed translations
Switzerland
Professional conference interpreter
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Dutch to German, and 4 more.
unser Nachbar / unsere Nachbarn
unsere Nachbarn von nebenan
but sounds stilted
unser direkter Nachbar
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erika rubinstein
: oder Nachbarn
4 mins
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Erik Freitag
: Ja, aber nur, wenn die zusätzliche Information "nebenan/direkt" wirklich unverzichtbar ist.
6 mins
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Barbara B. (X)
: See comment on Helga's answer.
6 mins
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Ulrike Kraemer
: "unsere unmittelbaren Nachbarn" geht auch
7 mins
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Stefanie Neubert
: "schriftsprachlich" die wohl beste Lösung, "nebenan" ist in meinen Augen mehr umgangssprachlich
13 mins
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Bernd Runge
1 hr
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Sabine Deutsch
2 hrs
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| agree |
Colin Rowe
: With LittleBalu - "unsere unmittelbaren Nachbarn" is exactly what I would have expected here
3 hrs
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Sabine Schlottky
7 hrs
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Austria
Die Wortwahl entscheidet
Native in: German (Variants: Germany, Austrian) 
Works in: English to German, Czech to German, Slovak to German
unsere direkten Nachbarn
hdh
Helga
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Barbara B. (X)
: Genau so würden wir es in der Schweiz auch sagen. :-)
3 mins
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Erik Freitag
: Ja, aber nur, wenn die zusätzliche Information "nebenan/direkt" wirklich unverzichtbar ist.
6 mins
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| agree |
Sabine Deutsch
2 hrs
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Sweden
Experience + Routine = Quality
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, French to German, Portuguese to German
"unser Nachbar nebenan"
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Note added at 9 Min. (2009-05-27 09:21:53 GMT)
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I totally agree with Brigitte, "nebenan" is essential, because "Nachbar" might also be somebody who lives a few houses down the road, not necessarily next door.
Thanks again for this amendment!
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BrigitteHilgner
: and plural: unsere Nachbarn nebenan
1 min
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thanks Brigitte! And with your commentary above!! I was thinking of adding that to the answer myself!!
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Edith Kelly
: steht bereits in meiner Antwort
5 mins
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no offence intended- wie gesagt, ich wollte diese Ergänzung ohnehin noch machen !!!
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Erik Freitag
: Ja, aber nur, wenn die zusätzliche Information "nebenan/direkt" wirklich unverzichtbar ist.
11 mins
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Danke trotzdem!
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Andrea Teltemann
: "Nachbarn von nebenan" muss es heißen
36 mins
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Sabine Wulf
40 mins
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