is there anyone could tell me what this means

[Peter2010]

I got stuck on "In: Dahl F (ed) Die Tierwelt Deutschlands" when I was reading an article. I guess this is German but I know nothing about it. Thanks!

[renzhe]

It is a citation of an article from a collection called "Die Tierwelt Deutschlands". Dahl F. is the editor of the said collection.

[anonymoose]

Where did you see that? I have no idea what "In: Dahl F (ed)" is supposed to mean, but "Die Tierwelt Deutschlands" means "The Animal World of Germany".

Anyway, I think there are few native German speakers + renzhe on this board who would be able to help more.

EDIT: Looks like I showed up two minutes too late.

[Peter2010]

@renzhe, @anonymoose, you helped me a lot, thanks!

One more question, does the "In:" mean anything?

[renzhe]

It means "in". The article cited is in the collection called "Die Tierwelt Deutschlands".

[Peter2010]

So here "in" is English?

OK, I see. Thanks again.

[renzhe]

The word "in" is the same in both English and German.

But actually, the whole thing is in English, it's just that the title of the book was not translated. "ed" is short for the English word "editor". In German version, it would have said "Hrsg." or "Hg." (for Herausgeber).

I'm guessing it's an academic work written by a German, but published in English. So some of the referenced works are in German.

[OneEye]

Or an academic work written by a native English speaker who can read German, perhaps? Pretty common in academia.