Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Gewicht leer
English translation:
empty weight
Added to glossary by
Robert Kleemaier
Jan 31, 2004 07:15
20 yrs ago
German term
Canada
Gewicht leer
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
pleasure craft
"Abmessungen Länge x Breite:
Höhe über Wasserlinie:
Tiefgang:
*Gewicht leer*: "
Is this rendered properly by 'dry weight'? Feedback from those in the know would be appreciated. TIA
Höhe über Wasserlinie:
Tiefgang:
*Gewicht leer*: "
Is this rendered properly by 'dry weight'? Feedback from those in the know would be appreciated. TIA
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | empty weight |
Melanie Nassar
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| 4 +1 | dry weight |
roguestate
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| 4 | weight of the vehicle without cargo |
Brandis (X)
|
| 4 | Light ship weight |
Maciej Spiewak
|
| 4 | dead weight |
gangels (X)
|
| 1 +2 | tare weight |
Jonathan MacKerron
|
Proposed translations
+3
50 mins
Melanie Nassar
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
dedicated, prompt, accurate
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English, English to German, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
8
Selected
empty weight
This term is used for all kinds of vehicles, as far as I can tell from Google. See definition(link)
Reference:
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to all of you for your feedback."
+1
11 mins
roguestate
Native in English
Works in field
Multilingual cosmopolitan linguist
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Swedish to English, Norwegian to English, Danish to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
dry weight
see link
18 mins
weight of the vehicle without cargo
weight of the vehicle without cargo ref. Babylon, talks about dead weight, howfar that could fit I am uncertain.
+2
1 hr
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
16
tare weight
a guess
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Note added at 5 hrs 1 min (2004-01-31 12:16:59 GMT)
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Webster says of tare weight \"the weight of a container or vehicle that is deducted from the gross weight to obtain the net weight\"
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Note added at 5 hrs 1 min (2004-01-31 12:16:59 GMT)
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Webster says of tare weight \"the weight of a container or vehicle that is deducted from the gross weight to obtain the net weight\"
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jacqueline van der Spek
56 mins
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| agree |
David Moore (X)
: My shot too
3 hrs
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| neutral |
Manfred Mondt
: more appropriate with cargo ships where you must specify brutto/netto/tara
7 hrs
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5 hrs
Maciej Spiewak
Poland
Poland
Poland
Consistency with sectoral jargons
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland)
Works in: German to Polish, English to Polish, Polish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
4
Light ship weight
Please key in the a.m. English term to e.g. Google
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Manfred Mondt
: Hull weight or "light ship" weight - This is the weight of the hull alone. It is typically found by weighing the hull on a scale.
3 hrs
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9 hrs
dead weight
in the US
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