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German term or phrase:	Anwurf
English translation:	clasp
Entered by:	Ann C Sherwin

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7:30pm Jun 7, 2007

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German term or phrase: Anwurf

An 18th-century inventory description of a building in Holstein contains the following: "Die fünf von außen angenagelten und eine Rahmen Fenster mit ••Anwurff•• und Hacken sind in passablen Stande." and "In dieser Kammer ist ein altes Rahmen Fenster ohne ••Anwurf•• und Hacken.
Is Anwurf plaster here? What kind of window comes with and without plaster? Or might it have meant something else in the 18th century?

Ann C Sherwin

KudoZ activity
Questions: 68 (all closed)
Answers: 132

United States

clasp

Explanation:
according to Flüglers 1874 dictionary

Selected response from:

Jonathan MacKerron
Germany

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks, Jonathan. I was sure plaster was wrong, but I couldn't find anything else that made sense either. Glad you did!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +5

clasp

Jonathan MacKerron

3 -1

Plastered

Textmill

1 -1

embossed ornaments

Kcda

Answers

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

clasp

Explanation:
according to Flüglers 1874 dictionary

Jonathan MacKerron
Germany
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 115

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks, Jonathan. I was sure plaster was wrong, but I couldn't find anything else that made sense either. Glad you did!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

neutral

Textmill: think you placed this under the wrong query...:) Well, you didn't mean to place is with the quesion about "hooks"? Well in that case I must be misunderstanding. Sorry

1 min

-> no, the dictionary I'm quoting suggests "clasp" for Anwurf

agree

Armorel Young: seems much the most likely - the thing that the Hacken fits into - so if you have found this in an old dictionary it is highly likely to be right.

1 hr

agree

Bernhard Sulzer: I was considering the same explanation.

2 hrs

agree

Kim Metzger: Makes sense. I couldn't figure out how plaster would fit here. http://www.worldofstock.com/closeups/ADT2376.php

3 hrs

agree

Ingeborg Gowans: this must be right, given the vintage of the text and dicitionary

3 hrs

agree

Rebecca Garber

18 hrs

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

Plastered

Explanation:
Plastered windows do exist.
I didn't have to google long. Here is a Dutch link, with a picture.
You can also look for "plastered windows" old, or something like that.

Reference: http://vakantiebeurs.nl/bestemmingen/stad.php?cid=27

Textmill
Netherlands
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

embossed ornaments

Explanation:
Anwurff could be something on the lines of - embossed window pane - Like ornamented, whereas anwurf (single "f") is used in other fields law, sports etc.

Examples:
Anwurf / Anwürfe / Anwerfen - Like throwing something - (sports)

Like accusations (Vorwürfe)

http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~cd2/drw/e/an/wurf/anwur...

In the context my best bet is:

window frames with embossed ornaments

Kcda
Turkey
Native speaker of:

English,

Turkish

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German: Anwurf

English translation: clasp