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German to English Textiles / Clothing / Fashion Translation Glossary

German term English translation
Sicherheitsnaht safety seam
Entered by: Kathi Stock
silberummantelte Fasern silver-coated fibres
Sitzsteg (motorcycle jacket segment) back belt
Skyros and Trevira Types of yarn - leave as is
Smokband smocking tape
Softwareendschalter software(-controlled) limit switch
Entered by: Steffen Walter
sorgen für den richtigen Schuss Glamour inject/add/provide just the right note/amount of glamo(u)r
Sortiment types
Sortimentsstruktur product line structure
souverän classy
Spalierstab trellis pole
Entered by: Astrid Elke Witte
Spaltleder split leather
Entered by: Louise Mawbey
Spannfutter lining
Entered by: Olaf Reibedanz
Spatentasche spade pocket
Speed-Programm fast-track range (of clothing)
speicheltest saliva test
Spickel gusset
Spielraum add the width of a finger so that the neck is not too tight
Spitzbundhose fishtail waist trousers
Spitzenraschel lace raschel fabric
Spitzrevers peak lapel, step lapel
Sprungstich skipped stitch
Entered by: Steffen Walter
Stammabteilung department
Standardbindung standard weave
Stäbchen treble or treble stitch
Stäbchenstickerei embroidery with long beads
Stärke (in this context) thickness
Stückausrüstung (piece) finishing
Stückfärbung garment dyeing / piece-dyeing
Stückgutbehandlung (Krankenhausbedarf, Textilien) treatment of surgical fabrics (e.g. gauze bandages)
Stürzen/gestürzt to fall down/plunge/crash/stream down/collapse/drop
Stecketui slip-in case
Steckkissen swaddle wrap
Steckschnalle buckle
Entered by: Andrzej Lejman
Steg tie bridge
Entered by: Hazel Underwood
Stegbereich area of the bar / bar area
Stegfutter gusset lining
Stehsaum piped seam
Steppung stitching
Sternwalze star roll
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