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Frage:	Belebte und unbelebte Natur
	#220398 von MissT, 2007-04-20, 11:38 Spam? 81.96.162.... Bauplänen in der belebten wie unbelebten Natur would this be organic and anorganic nature or animate and inanimate nature?

Antwort:	I'd go for "animate and inanimate"	#220403
	von esmeralda, 2007-04-20, 11:46 Spam? 213.47.142.... btw, it's "INorganic"

Antwort:	sorry, i take it back - you're talking about nature, right? then it's organic and inorganic	#220406
	von esmeralda, 2007-04-20, 11:50 Spam? 213.47.142.... "inanimate" would be things like computers, socks etc.

Antwort:	Context?	#220412
	von LostJedi, 2007-04-20, 12:02 Spam? 212.34.171... There is also inanimate nature (Rocks, natural ore, ...)

Antwort:	animate/ inanimate sounds closer to the German	#220423
	von ddr (AT), 2007-04-20, 12:15 Spam? which is rather 'poetic' than scientific. Collins gives inanimate world für unbelebte Natur.

Antwort:	so, is "animate/inanimate" and "organic/inorganic" the same then?!	#220427
	von esmeralda, 2007-04-20, 12:37 Spam? 213.47.142....

Antwort:	animate means alive	#220435
	von Windfall (GB), 2007-04-20, 12:57 Spam? organic is most often used in general conversation to mean has been produced largely without artifical fertilisers and pesticides, but can also mean living. Be careful with "organic", in ambiguous contexts, I think a lot of English native speakers will assume the fertilisers/pesticides mening.

Antwort:	mening -> meaning	#220436
	von Windfall (GB), 2007-04-20, 13:01 Spam?

Antwort:	In chemistry, organic chemistry deals with carbon based materials	#220452
	von Joanne, 2007-04-20, 13:17 Spam? 195.3.11... inorganic, non-carbon based materials. It's called organic because it was thought that all life was based on these compounds.

Antwort:	I got no problem if we leave it in the realm of chemistry,	#220456
	von esmeralda, 2007-04-20, 13:30 Spam? 213.47.142.... but as Laura said - in common usage it might be misunderstood (though correct). So then, we need context again to decide what's better :-)

Antwort:	I agree with Laura and esmeralda on the problems of misunderstanding organic	#220461
	von Joanne, 2007-04-20, 13:43 Spam? 195.3.11... I wanted to show that it could be even more confusing :-) If the German is "poetic" as ddr says, then, as she also says, animate/inanimate would be good. But more context would help, as always.

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