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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

auf Werbung

English translation:

on the lookout for recruits

Added to glossary by Timoshka
Jun 26, 2017 16:53
6 yrs ago
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German term

auf Werbung

German to English Social Sciences History
From a German local history book: "1756 gibt ein Vertreter Friedrich des Großen hier eine Vorstellung. Es verlautet da: Zum Vater dieses Kindes wurde vor der Kirchenzensur auf Befragen von der Mutter angegeben, ein im hiesigen Erbbestands-Wirtshaus...eine Zeitlang auf Werbung gelegener Preußischer Unteroffizier mit Namen Rau."

Does this indicate he had been pursuing (courting) the mother of the child for a while?
Proposed translations (English)
3 on the lookout for recruits

Discussion

Thomas Pfann Jun 26, 2017:
Mit beermat This seems to be it (Werbung = Rekrutierung). See for example: https://goo.gl/52edkb
David Hollywood Jun 26, 2017:
I agree with beermatt .... it looks like seeking recruits
beermatt Jun 26, 2017:
I'm not sure, but I believe it means that he used the inn as a base to seek out new recruits ("Soldaten anWERBEN", WERBUNG von Rekruten)

I could be wrong.
Eleanore Strauss Jun 26, 2017:
That is what it appears to be.

Proposed translations

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on the lookout for recruits

... who had been on the lookout for recruits for a while..

Anybody up to the challenge of rendering this in 18th century English..?
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