Het camperterrein is exclusief voorbehouden aan kampeerauto’s en zwerfwagens

English translation: camper vans and motorhomes

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Dutch term or phrase:Het camperterrein is exclusief voorbehouden aan kampeerauto’s en zwerfwagens
English translation:camper vans and motorhomes
Entered by: jethro

11:03 Dec 14, 2021
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Dutch term or phrase: Het camperterrein is exclusief voorbehouden aan kampeerauto’s en zwerfwagens
Help please. I have tentatively translated this as "The camper site is intended solely for camping cars and motor caravans" but I don't really know the difference between the two nor what is the most common term for this type of vehicle.
They call them "mobile homes" in Belgium
jethro
camper vans and motorhomes
Explanation:
As you're only asking about the last two...

It's clear they mean two different things, as they're using two words, though those two actually mean the same thing.

I usually go by the term on Wikipedia as that is likely to be the most widely used.
IMO, here, they may mean self-converted vans.
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Kirsten Bodart
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:56
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Thanks everyone for your help, including your explanation of motorhomes and camper vans, Michael
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camper vans and motorhomes


Explanation:
As you're only asking about the last two...

It's clear they mean two different things, as they're using two words, though those two actually mean the same thing.

I usually go by the term on Wikipedia as that is likely to be the most widely used.
IMO, here, they may mean self-converted vans.

Kirsten Bodart
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:56
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks everyone for your help, including your explanation of motorhomes and camper vans, Michael

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marouchka Heijnen
4 mins

agree  Mair A-W (PhD)
6 mins

agree  Michael Beijer: I think ‘motorhomes’ are generally slightly bigger than ‘camper vans’, hence the author using 2 terms for what is essentially the same thing.
52 mins

agree  writeaway: https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=AOaemvIbipnScNZmY61bHSZ0...
56 mins
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Reference comments


56 mins
Reference: refs

Reference information:
Van Dale:
kampeerauto =
• camper
• mobile home
• (Brits-Engels ook) dormobile
• (Amerikaans-Engels ook; recreational vehicle) RV

IATE:
kampeerauto
Consilium
kampeerwagen
zwerfauto
stacaravan
kampeervoertuig
=
motorcaravan, motor caravan
camper van
mobile home
camper

kampeerauto
kampeerwagen
zwerfauto
zwerfwagen
=
motorcaravan, motor caravan
camping-car

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Note added at 57 mins (2021-12-14 12:01:06 GMT)
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https://www.vlaamswoordenboek.be/definities/term/zwerfauto
https://www.vlaamswoordenboek.be/definities/term/zwerfwagen

Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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