"Hiebwaffe" vs "Schneidwaffe"

English translation: hacking/slashing vs cutting weapon

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German term or phrase:"Hiebwaffe" vs "Schneidwaffe"
English translation:hacking/slashing vs cutting weapon

11:29 Apr 22, 2014
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German term or phrase: "Hiebwaffe" vs "Schneidwaffe"
Context: offences committed with different types of weapon
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hacking/slashing vs cutting weapon
Explanation:
My take.
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Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 01:40
Grading comment
Thanks! Yes, I get the sense it is a combination of the slashing of a Samurai sword and the hitting/hacking of a sharp axe.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1"striking weapon" vs "cutting / slashing weapon"
Alexander Schleber (X)
3 +1hacking/slashing vs cutting weapon
Michael Martin, MA
3thrusting vs. slicing / cutting weapons
Egor Shapurov
4 -1blunt instrument
transatgees
3cleaving vs slashing/cutting weapon
Wendy Streitparth


Discussion entries: 3





  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
thrusting vs. slicing / cutting weapons


Explanation:
I would say.

Egor Shapurov
Germany
Local time: 06:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Alexander Schleber (X): thrusting weaspon = Stichwaffe
17 mins
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
blunt instrument


Explanation:
It seems to me that Hiebewaffe corresponds to the term "blunt instrument" which appears regularly in book and TV "whodunnits" and court reports.

transatgees
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:40
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Alexander Schleber (X): A blunt instrument cannot cut.
11 mins

disagree  Cetacea: A "blunt instrument" is "stumpfer Gegenstand" in German. Eine Hiebwaffe ist eine Klingenwaffe, die hauptsächlich dazu ausgelegt ist, mit einer Schneide die Kraft des Hiebes zu nutzen.
36 mins

agree  Lancashireman: Colonel Mustard with the lead pipe in the library
9 hrs
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
hacking/slashing vs cutting weapon


Explanation:
My take.

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 01:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 98
Grading comment
Thanks! Yes, I get the sense it is a combination of the slashing of a Samurai sword and the hitting/hacking of a sharp axe.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  BrigitteHilgner: slashing/cutting
4 mins
  -> Thanks, Brigitte.

neutral  Alexander Schleber (X): slahing and cutting are almost synonimous. Hacking vs. cutting weapon woud be OK. Hacking (with an axe for instance) takes still more effort than slashing or cutting.
5 mins
  -> Thanks, Alexander. But slashing conjures up more physical effort, no?
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"striking weapon" vs "cutting / slashing weapon"


Explanation:
Hieb = hit, strike, bash
Schneiden = cut, slash

Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 06:40
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dhananjay Rau: I'd call this the best choice
15 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
cleaving vs slashing/cutting weapon


Explanation:
A Hiebwaffe splits (axe, hatchet, etc.), as does a cleaving weapon.

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 06:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
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