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German translation: Glacéleder vs. Ziegenleder vs. Korduanleder

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English term or phrase:	kid leather vs. goat leather vs. cordovan
German translation:	Glacéleder vs. Ziegenleder vs. Korduanleder
Entered by:	Dolores Vázquez

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English term or phrase: kid leather vs. goat leather vs. cordovan

I have got a list of leather types (about 30 different leather types) in which I have
kid leather
goat leather
cordovan
According to different dictionaries they are all goat leather.
Does anyone have an idea how I can distinguish between them?

BirgitBerlin KudoZ activity Questions: 301 (2 open) (3 without valid answers) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 396 Germany
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Zickelleder vs. Ziegenleder vs. Korduanleder

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Dolores Vázquez

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Summary of answers provided

3 +2

Zickelleder vs. Ziegenleder vs. Korduanleder

Dolores Vázquez

Chevreauleder, Ziegenleder, Pferdeleder

Ansgar Knirim

Glacéleder vs. Ziegenleder

Ingeborg Gowans

Discussion entries: 5

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5 mins confidence:

Glacéleder vs. Ziegenleder

Explanation:
remember the idiom: mit Glachandshcuhen anfassen/ treat someone with kid's gloves?
Kid, the young goat: refers to a softer kind of leather I imagine

Ingeborg Gowans
Canada
Local time: 06:02
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 2

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Zickelleder vs. Ziegenleder vs. Korduanleder

Explanation:
An option.

Reference: http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do

Dolores Vázquez
Native speaker of:

Galician,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Vielen Dank!

42 mins confidence:

Chevreauleder, Ziegenleder, Pferdeleder

Explanation:
Kid bezieht sich auf Jungziege/Zicklein, das Leder wird dann Chevreauleder genannt, (Ernst)
Goat ist die "erwachsene" Ziege, mir als Ziegenleder geläufig (auch Ernst),
Der Begriff Cordovan bezieht sich meist auf Pferdeleder (shell cordovan - siehe Link) z. B. in der Herstellung hochwertiger Schuhe, kann aber auch Ziegenleder sein, dann Korduanenleder wie von Dolores genannt.

Reference: http://cgi.ebay.de/CORDOVAN-LUXUSLEDERBAND-18-20-oder-22mm-s...

Ansgar Knirim
Local time: 11:02
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

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Changes made by editors

Apr 20, 2008 - Changes made by Dolores Vázquez:
Edited KOG entry	BirgitBerlin's old entry - "kid leather vs. goat leather vs. cordovan" => "Glacéleder vs. Ziegenleder vs. Korduanleder "
Apr 19, 2008 - Changes made by BirgitBerlin:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term
Apr 16, 2008 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field	Other => Tech/Engineering

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