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German translation: Edelstahl

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English term or phrase:	stainless steel
German translation:	Edelstahl
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10:31 Aug 13, 2004

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English term or phrase: stainless steel

What's the difference between stain steel and stainless steel? One is "Edelstahl" the other?

DanielaH KudoZ activity Questions: 324 (3 open) (11 without valid answers) (17 closed without grading) Answers: 29 Germany
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Edelstahl

Explanation:
rostfreier Stahl would perhaps be more correct, but Edelstahl (although not really stainless - see Janfri's comment) is most common.

Stain Steel would be Stahl, Eisen, Gusseisen depending on the context.

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Lutz Plueckhahn
Germany
Local time: 09:10

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4 +1	rostfreier Stahl	xxx------
5	rostfreier Stahl	David Moore
4	Edelstahl	Lutz Plueckhahn

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rostfreier Stahl

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Beschreibung der Metalle - Eisen und Stahl
... Return to the Top. Edelstahl oder rostfreier Stahl. ... Leider ist Edelstahl nicht rostfrei,
wie uns das Emblem oder der Name \"NIROSTA\" glauben machen möchte. ...
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Edelstahl

Lutz Plueckhahn
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rostfreier Stahl

Explanation:
according to Ernst, WB der industriellen Technik; I have always understood "Nirosta" to be a trademark, a corruption of "nie-rost-Stahl". As to "stain steel", my suggestion is that you ask the compiler what was intended, as this expression is either a misprint or a bad guess as the designation for "steel, other than stainless" - which I think the Germans would call "Stahl, außer Edelstahl".

David Moore
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