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stainless steel

German translation: Edelstahl


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English term or phrase:stainless steel
German translation:Edelstahl
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Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
English term or phrase: stainless steel
What's the difference between stain steel and stainless steel? One is "Edelstahl" the other?
DanielaH
Germany
Local time: 00:46
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: 00:46
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4 +1rostfreier Stahlxxx------
5rostfreier StahlDavid Moore
4EdelstahlLutz Plueckhahn


  

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rostfreier Stahl


Explanation:
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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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Spain
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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.

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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