Trockensieb

English translation: drying rack

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German term or phrase:Trockensieb
English translation:drying rack
Entered by: BrigitteHilgner

08:54 Dec 13, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / teenage novel
German term or phrase: Trockensieb
Same novel as the last question.

"Mara betrat einen hellen, aufgeräumten Raum, die Töpfe hingen über dem Herd, daneben ein **Trockensieb** und ein Magnetband, and dem die Küchenmesser klebten."

LEO gives "Dryer fabric" but that seems too technical in this context. Does it mean a clothes-airer?
Rachel Ward
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:16
drying rack
Explanation:
It was/is used, for example, to dry freshly made pasta ("Spätzle"). If you google for
"drying rack",pasta
you'll find examples.
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BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 10:16
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3 +3drying rack
BrigitteHilgner
3 +1sifter
Henry Schroeder


  

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sifter


Explanation:
maybe?

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Note added at 13 mins (2006-12-13 09:07:59 GMT)
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The back translation looks decent:

http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType...

Henry Schroeder
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agree  Karin Maack: if it is to be used for dry material, for example flour
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drying rack


Explanation:
It was/is used, for example, to dry freshly made pasta ("Spätzle"). If you google for
"drying rack",pasta
you'll find examples.

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 10:16
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 53
Grading comment
Thanks!

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agree  casper (X)
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  -> Thank you, Chetan.

agree  Rebecca Garber
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  -> Thank you, Rebecca.

agree  DDM
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