Jul 16, 2001 13:24
22 yrs ago
German term
Spain
Julie Neill, BA (Hons), MCIL, MITI
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Native in: English 
Works in: German to English
die Schaltung spiesst
German to English
Tech/Engineering
A farmer is referring to his tractor when he complains 'die Schaltung spiesst'. What does he mean?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 0 +1 | The gearshift sticks |
Tom Funke
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| 0 | the gears are notchy / sticky |
Mary Worby
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| 0 | spiesst |
ambittles
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Proposed translations
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The gearshift sticks
The gearshift sticks
Interestingly, spießen/spiessen isn’t mentioned in my automotive or engineering dictionaries in this context. But…
spießen (4) (österr. Usually with sich) sich verklemmen, in nicht gewünschter Weise vorangehen, stocken
(Duden, Deutsches Universalwörterbuch, ISBN 3 411 06603 0)
HTH Tom
Interestingly, spießen/spiessen isn’t mentioned in my automotive or engineering dictionaries in this context. But…
spießen (4) (österr. Usually with sich) sich verklemmen, in nicht gewünschter Weise vorangehen, stocken
(Duden, Deutsches Universalwörterbuch, ISBN 3 411 06603 0)
HTH Tom
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Comment: "My text is likely to be written in Austrian dialect so I am inclined to agree with this answer! Thanks!"
47 mins
Mary Worby
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the gears are notchy / sticky
This is just a wild guess on the basis that the dictionary has the following:
etw. in etw. (Akk.) spießen stick sth. in sth
Best I can do, I'm afraid :-)
Hope it helps anyway
Mary
etw. in etw. (Akk.) spießen stick sth. in sth
Best I can do, I'm afraid :-)
Hope it helps anyway
Mary
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