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stay wire

German translation: vertikale Drähte


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English term or phrase:stay wire
German translation:vertikale Drähte
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14:14 Feb 13, 2004
English to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Agriculture
English term or phrase: stay wire
wire net fencing. The stay wire is the vertical wire in a wire net fence, in contrast to the line wires (horizontal wires).
Verena Moser
Local time: 06:47
vertikale Drähte
Explanation:
After considerable searching, the most frequent descriptions found on German sites are "vertikale Drähte" and "horizontale Drähte".
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John Jory
Local time: 07:47
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1vertikale Drähte
John Jory
4Abspanndraht
Kathi Stock


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Abspanndraht


Explanation:
laut Laixicon techn. Wörterbuch

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Note added at 2004-02-13 16:01:18 (GMT)
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Spanndraht ist der richtige Begriff....siehe Seite
www.sipatec.de/german/ge_sysmaschen.htm
mit weiteren schönen Erklärungen zum Thema

Kathi Stock
United States
Local time: 00:47
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eckhard Boehle: same in 'Ernst' and 'Kucera'
25 mins

neutral  Horst2: Abspanndraht ist ein Draht der die Zaunbespannung bzw. den Zaun verfestigt. Die horizontalen Drähte bei einem normalerweise diagonalen Maschendrahtzaun heissen Spanndraht; zahlreiche internet-hits aus Fachdokumenten
42 mins
  -> Richtig...Spanndraht muss es heißen

disagree  John Jory: Kontext oben: "stay wire is the *vertical* wire..." Spanndraht = horizontal
18 hrs
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
vertikale Drähte


Explanation:
After considerable searching, the most frequent descriptions found on German sites are "vertikale Drähte" and "horizontale Drähte".


John Jory
Local time: 07:47
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxBrandis: sounds like Warp and Weft principle.
1 hr
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