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German translation: Erker


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English term or phrase:Kiosk
German translation:Erker
Entered by: Marion Rhodes
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01:42 Feb 17, 2010
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Tech/Engineering - Architecture
English term or phrase: Kiosk
In a description about a palace:

"The facades are decorated with bracketed balconies, **** kiosks *****, arcades and wide eaves which create a glorious play of light and shade."

I'm pretty sure that a German Kiosk is not what is meant here, but I can't find any other translation and am having a hard time even coming up with an English definition of this type of Kiosk. Any takers?
Marion Rhodes
United States
Local time: 23:52
Erker
Explanation:
Since the structure referred to is part of the facade of a building and probably not a structur standing by itself, I am pretty sure what is ment here is the German "Erker" which, were it to be taken out from the facade and to be completed in form, wuld be a "Pavillon".
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Katrin Bosse
Germany
Local time: 07:52
Grading comment
Thank you very much. You hit it right on.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5Erker
Katrin Bosse
3Pavillon
sibsab
Summary of reference entries provided
excerpt from sisab's 2nd reference
Johannes Gleim

  

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kiosk
Pavillon


Explanation:
From Britannica:
originally, in Islāmic architecture, an open circular pavilion consisting of a roof supported by pillars. The word has been applied to a wide variety of architectural elements. The summer palaces of the sultans of Turkey were called kiosks. A type of early Persian mosque, having a domed central area, is known as the kiosk mosque.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/318955/kiosk
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiosk

sibsab
Local time: 07:52
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Johannes Gleim: Katrin is right, even you found the proof.
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
kiosk
Erker


Explanation:
Since the structure referred to is part of the facade of a building and probably not a structur standing by itself, I am pretty sure what is ment here is the German "Erker" which, were it to be taken out from the facade and to be completed in form, wuld be a "Pavillon".

Katrin Bosse
Germany
Local time: 07:52
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you very much. You hit it right on.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sibsab
12 mins

agree  Nicole Schnell: Oder: überdachter Erker
32 mins

agree  Inge Meinzer
43 mins

agree  Johannes Gleim: See excerpt from sisab's 2nd. link below
4 hrs

agree  Ruth Wöhlk
7 hrs
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Reference: excerpt from sisab's 2nd reference

Reference information:
Das Wort Kiosk stammt ursprünglich aus dem Persischen und bedeutete ursprünglich soviel wie Ecke oder Winkel, ehe es außerdem einen Pavillon oder ein Gartenhaus bezeichnete. In der türkischen Sprache blieben beide Bedeutungen erhalten, weshalb auch die Erker an Palästen als kjosk bezeichnet werden. Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts wurde das Wort ins Französische übertragen und zu kiosque; von dort wurde es in andere europäische Sprachen und auch ins Deutsche übernommen.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiosk

Johannes Gleim
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Feb 17, 2010 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
FieldOther => Tech/Engineering


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