BEOLINGUS
Dictionary - TU Chemnitz

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most direct route; direttissima [Br.] (mountaineering) Direttissima {f}

to take the most direct route die Direttissima nehmen

taking the most direct route in der Direttissima

Shall we follow the switchbacks or take the direct route/direttissima [Br.]? Sollen wir die Serpentinen ausgehen oder die Direttissima nehmen?

You cannot take the most direct route to Mercury, you have to approach the planet in a sophisticated kind of spiral. Beim Flug zum Merkur kann man nicht die Direttissima nehmen, man muss sich dem Planeten in einer ausgeklügelten Spirale nähern.

From that point on we took the straightest route/direttissima [Br.] to the cross on the summit. Von da an ging es in der Direttissima Richtung Gipfelkreuz.

They cut across country through the wooded area, making a beeline for their destination, through underbrush and thickets. Sie gingen querfeldein durch den Wald, in der Direttissima durch Unterholz und Gestrüpp.