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Ausstellfenster

English translation: vent window

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German term or phrase:Ausstellfenster
English translation:vent window
Entered by: Elvira Stoianov

08:55 Jan 17, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / cars
German term or phrase: Ausstellfenster
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it is listed as one of the elements that belong to the security circuit of the "Diebstahlwarnanlage" (besides doors, engine hood, trunk lid, and so on)
Elvira Stoianov
Luxembourg
Local time: 20:32
hinged window; folding window; vent window; or ventipane
Explanation:
These words are offered by Whylidal, Tech. Dict. of Automotive Engineering

Clearly we are talking about automobiles in this context.

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Note added at 2002-01-17 13:37:31 (GMT)
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In the States we would call it the vent window; in BE the word may be different
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Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 12:32
Grading comment
thanks. Also thanks to the peer comments, who explained the term. I had no idea what kind of window that could be. But now i see the meaning of austellen in this case. so thanks again
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3display window
Susan Starling
5 +2hinged window; folding window; vent window; or ventipane
Dr. Fred Thomson
4 +1Quarterlight
Glyn Haggett


  

Answers


10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
display window


Explanation:
assuming this is not also supposed to be part of the car!

Susan Starling
Local time: 20:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sven Petersson
0 min
agree  Sabine Tietge
14 mins
agree  Hermeneutica: For the thieves to go window shopping ... like a friend of mine who left her new hifi in the unlocked car [until some time] overnight ... :(
36 mins
agree  Bob Kerns (X)
1 hr
agree  Jacqueline McKay (X)
1 hr
disagree  Trudy Peters: Das Fenster wird ausgestellt, nicht irgendwelche Ware im Fenster
4 hrs
disagree  Dietrich Herrmann, MD, PhD, MBA: Trudy is right. Ausstellen in this context means that the window pane is pushed towards the outside. The term also crops up in the different types of regular windows.
5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Quarterlight


Explanation:
From the context, I should think this is a window in a motor vehicle, rather than a display window for a shop, etc. Ernst also gives "knockout or ventilator window".

Glyn Haggett
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters: vent window
3 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
hinged window; folding window; vent window; or ventipane


Explanation:
These words are offered by Whylidal, Tech. Dict. of Automotive Engineering

Clearly we are talking about automobiles in this context.

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Note added at 2002-01-17 13:37:31 (GMT)
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In the States we would call it the vent window; in BE the word may be different

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 12:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 159
Grading comment
thanks. Also thanks to the peer comments, who explained the term. I had no idea what kind of window that could be. But now i see the meaning of austellen in this case. so thanks again

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dietrich Herrmann, MD, PhD, MBA: It's (wing) vent window - wing, if it opens sidways, pop-out if the hinge runs horizontally. Check google for "vent window".
29 mins
agree  Michaela Blaha
1355 days
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