i used to put in german car part names for the computor password at work. Easy one stage step to confuse a fork lift driver
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why the f**k you got a potato in your exhaust? my contribution... vorsprung durch technik = forwards through technology Edited by: Golfboy Chris
Clutch is kupplung air filter is luftfilter oil filter is lfilter fuel filter is kraftstofffilter tyres is reifen windscreen is windschutzscheibe cylinderhead bolts is zylinfderkopf schrauben spark plug is zndkerze distributor is zndverteiler ignition cable is zndkabel coolant is kuhlmittel grease is schmier part number is teilenummer lights is lichter spare part is ersatzteile outside diameter is aussen durchmesser inside diameter is innen durchmesser each is pro stck For driving in Germany: petrol is benzin unleaded is bleifrei petrol station is tankstelle exit is ausfahrt city centre is stadtmitte police is polizei
I am fluent i german(lived there for 10 years) and still have loads of contacts in germany, anyone need help .....pm me. wes
Couple of corrections to the list at the top... Steuergert means "steering device", so that can't be electrics, but I don't know exactly what it does mean. A "Stossdampfer" (actually Stodampfer) is a shock-absorber, not a bumper. The "Fahrwerk" is the chassis, not suspension. (But I've forgotten the word for suspension.) I've heard "Steuerrad" used for steering wheel by native speakers, but maybe there are two words. Gasket :-) I can't think of a way that "Teiler" could mean "lower". It means divider or splitter or something like that. Being picky, links and rechts are left/right. But you'll see things like "linken/rechten" because of the grammar. And some additions from memory... Federbeinlage = suspension strut ("spring leg arrangement") Feder = spring Ersatzteil = replacement part Bremsebacken = brake shoes (literally "brake cheeks"!) Dichtung = gasket (general term) I could list words for normal things like wheels, seats, roof, carpet etc.. but probably not very useful in this context..?
Had my own. Some are allready posted shock absorber-------------------------------stoss-dmpfer gas shock absorber------------------------------gasdruck stoss-dmpfer security bolts for wheel-------------------------felgenschloesser camshaft-----------------------------------nockenweller seat---------------------------------------sitze rods---------------------------------------pleuel spark plugs---------------------------------zuendkerze strut bar------------------------------------domstreben petrol pump--------------------------------benzinpumpe maf----------------------------------------luftmassenmesser ecu-----------------------------------------motorsteuergert header---------------------------------------krmmer intake manifold------------------------------ansaugbrcke header--------------------------------------fcherkrmmer steering rack----------------------------------------lenkgetriebe head---------------------------------------zilinderkopf centralizer/center plate---------------------------zentrierring instrument cluster--------------------------- tacho csteering column---------------------lenkstange distributor-----------------------------zuendverteiler power steering--------------------------------servolenkung discos discs---------------------------------------bremsscheiben clutch-------------------------------------kupplung electric mirror---------------------------------elektrische spiegel starter motor------------------------------anlasser intercooler------------------------------------ladeluftkler cage/roll bar----------------------------------stahlkfig/berrollkfig wheel/rim/alloy------------------------------- felgen/alufelgen hose---------------------------------------ladeluftschlauch spring--------------------------------------federnsatz axel----------------------------------------antriebswelle piston--------------------------------------kolben caliper---------------------------------------bremsanlage door------------------------------------------trig Pulley ----------------------------------------- Laderrad/ riemenscheibe wheel bearing--------------------------------radlager roil cooler------------------------------------lkhler rrelay---------------------------------------relais Balljoint------------------------------------Traggelenk Wheel spacer----------------------------------Spurverbreiterung suspension coilovers-------------------------------------gewindefahrwerk engine mounts-------------------------------motorlager exhaust -------------------------------------sportendschalldmpfer
More definitions Drillnpress: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, splattering it against that freshly-stained heirloom piece you were drying. Zewireeywheel: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned guitar calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, "Ouch...." Electricityhandendrill: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age. Grabbengripper: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters. Hackensaw: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes. Visengrips: Generally used after pliers to further round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand. Oxyacetelyn lightenuppen: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub you want the bearing race out of. Dumbkoff Englisher Whitworth socket: Once used for working on older British cars and motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 9/16 or 1/2 socket you've been searching for the last 15 minutes. Muchen pumpen flooren jack: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper. Zwei metre Black Forest pine 2x4: Used for levering an automobile upward off of a trapped muchen pumpen floor jack handle. Zweezers: A tool for removing wood splinters and wire wheel wires. E-Z Outen bolt n stud extractoring: A tool ten times harder than any known drill bit that snaps off in bolt holes you couldn't use anyway. Zwei-ton motoroff hoist: A tool for testing the tensile strength on everything you forgot to disconnect. Herrcraftman 13mm x 40cm screwendriver: A large prybar that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end opposite the handle. Metal snippen tool: See hackensaw. Das trouble looken light: The home mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes called a drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin," which is not otherwise found under cars at night. Health benefits aside, its main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105-mm howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark than light, its name is somewhat misleading. Phillips screwendriver: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids and for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads. Air compressingen: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty bolts which were last over tightened 50 years ago by someone at Ford, and neatly rounds off their heads. Pryen bar: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part. Das hosen cutten: A tool used to cut hoses too short. Bangen n hitten: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts not far from the object we are trying to hit. Mechanichens cutten: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use. Dammen toolen: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling "DAMMIT" at the top of your lungs. It is also the next tool that you will need. Expletive: A balm, also referred to as mechanic's lube, usually applied verbally in hindsight, which somehow eases those pains and indignities following our every deficiency in foresight.
