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Entenklappfenster

English translation: push-out awning window


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German term or phrase:Entenklappfenster
English translation:push-out awning window
Entered by: Alison Kirkland
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22:03 Oct 13, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture / ventilation system (window)
German term or phrase: Entenklappfenster
Das Gebäude ist natürlich belüftet und operiert mit einer Nachtspeicherkühlung, für die Entenklappfenster in die Fassade eingebaut sind. Das sind Fenster, die so nach außen geklappt werden können, dass sie einbruchsicher und bei Regen witterungsgeschützt sind.
Alison Kirkland
Local time: 02:54
push-out awning window
Explanation:
In construction we called it that way. It might be regional. 'Push-out window alone could be different windows, some of them open to the side instead like the Entenklappfenster on the bottom.
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Annie and Rolf Reiser
Local time: 19:54
Grading comment
Many thanks. Clearly you have inside knowledge of the field.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3 +1push-out window
Jenny Streitparth
3push-out awning window
Annie and Rolf Reiser


  

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push-out awning window


Explanation:
In construction we called it that way. It might be regional. 'Push-out window alone could be different windows, some of them open to the side instead like the Entenklappfenster on the bottom.


    Reference: http://www.marvin.com/?page=Casement_And_Awning
Annie and Rolf Reiser
Local time: 19:54
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Many thanks. Clearly you have inside knowledge of the field.
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
push-out window


Explanation:
I'm pretty sure they are referring to the car (2CV) and its windows that push out.



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Note added at 35 Min. (2010-10-13 22:38:48 GMT)
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"Top hung window" as as alternative, if it is top hung.

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Note added at 7 Stunden (2010-10-14 05:45:37 GMT)
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Rephrasing my initial explanation:
"Entenklappfenster" probably derives from the car (2CV) and its windows that push out.

[And the added note should read '... as aN alternative...'


Jenny Streitparth
New Zealand
Local time: 13:54
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  casper: "...referring to the car"? The source text is about a 'Gebäude'.
6 hrs
  -> I was explaining where the word (probably) derived from. I'll rephrase it.
agree  Jim Tucker: Ultimately yes, that has to be the meaning. "Top hung" probably. Recommend that asker pull the 2 sentences together, since an expl. of the term is no longer nec.: "Top-hung windows built into the facade, opening outward for protection against break-ins...
8 hrs
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