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binder, 3 ring

German translation: Ordner, 3-Ring


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English term or phrase:binder, 3 ring
German translation:Ordner, 3-Ring
Entered by: jccantrell
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18:48 Jan 25, 2005
English to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Other / Bromaterial
English term or phrase: binder, 3 ring
Verbrauchsmaterial:

Binders, 3 Ring
Alexandra Bühler
Germany
Local time: 03:03
Ordner
Explanation:
These were always Ordner when I was in Germany.

See the link for a picture of the 2-hole ones common in Germany.
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jccantrell
Local time: 18:03
Grading comment
Ordner ist absolut okay, vielen Dank!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2Ordner
jccantrell
4Dreiloch-Hefter
Michael Schubert
3drei Hefter
Armorel Young


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Dreiloch-Hefter


Explanation:
Two-ring binders are common in Germany, three-ring in the US

Michael Schubert
United States
Local time: 18:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 21
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
drei Hefter


Explanation:
Strictly speaking - since they havent't written Binders, 3-Ring - they are saying that they want 3 (quantity) ring binders, rather than an unspecified number of 3-ring binders.

Armorel Young
Local time: 02:03
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Ordner


Explanation:
These were always Ordner when I was in Germany.

See the link for a picture of the 2-hole ones common in Germany.


    Reference: http://www.goethe.de/kug/pro/des/de54b9.htm?art=ordner
jccantrell
Local time: 18:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 26
Grading comment
Ordner ist absolut okay, vielen Dank!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  margarete: Ich wuerde auch Ordner sagen. Hefter sind eher weich und duenn. (Dann waere da noch 3-ring????)
42 mins

agree  Andrea Pate-Cazal
2 hrs
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