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Zarge

English translation: frame

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German term or phrase:Zarge
English translation:frame
Entered by: Lioba Multer

18:13 Jan 22, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
German term or phrase: Zarge
From a patent application excerpt:

"Duebel, insbesondere Rohrduebel, zur Befestigung eines Rahmens einer Zarge oder dergleichen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass an dem Aussenliegenden ende des Duebels eine Lasche angebracht ist..."

Door frame?
Lioba Multer
United States
Local time: 02:58
frame
Explanation:
according to Schulte, Lee, Paul/ Real Estate Dictionary

... can be door frame or window frame ...

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Note added at 25 mins (2009-01-22 18:38:45 GMT) Post-grading
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... or casing to avoid the doubling up of the word "frame" ...

to attache the frame of a casing or similar
Selected response from:

Friderike Butler
United States
Local time: 05:58
Grading comment
Yes, further done it became obvious it was a door frame. Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5frame
Friderike Butler
4case and/ or apron
Ellen Kraus


Discussion entries: 9





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
case and/ or apron


Explanation:
case can be door or window frame, < apron > in case a table is involved. Additional terms for Zarge are groove and notch. What is correct here, depends on the object it refers to.

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 11:58
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 35
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
frame


Explanation:
according to Schulte, Lee, Paul/ Real Estate Dictionary

... can be door frame or window frame ...

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 25 mins (2009-01-22 18:38:45 GMT) Post-grading
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... or casing to avoid the doubling up of the word "frame" ...

to attache the frame of a casing or similar

Friderike Butler
United States
Local time: 05:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 39
Grading comment
Yes, further done it became obvious it was a door frame. Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paul Cohen
0 min
  -> Thanks, Paul
agree  Petra Williams
5 mins
  -> Thanks, Petra
agree  KARIN ISBELL
15 mins
  -> Thanks, Karin
agree  Irina Ion
17 mins
  -> Thanks, Irina
agree  Andrew D
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Andrew
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