KudoZ home » German to English » Electronics / Elect Eng

Brenner

English translation: discharge tube; tube; burner

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)

German term or phrase:	Brenner
English translation:	discharge tube; tube; burner
Entered by:	Jocelyn Gonzalez

Options:
- Contribute to this entry

09:26 Nov 10, 2009

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / Lighting / Car lights or lamps

German term or phrase: Brenner

Context: Car lighting/lamps
Die (...) Konstruktion von "Brenner" und Sockel entspricht bei allen XXX Lampen der Erstausrüsterqualität.

So, I am unsure whether this is simply "burner" and base or is "Brenner" here the bulb? I know in oil lamps what a burner (and base) is, but never heard it in newer electrical lamps.
Thanks very much in advance.

Jocelyn Gonzalez KudoZ activity Questions: 7 (none open) Answers: 11 Germany
Local time: 19:24

discharge tube

Explanation:
Brenner m prakt discharge tube; arc tube rare; gas discharge tube rare
meint Langenscheidt.

Selected response from:

Bernd Runge
Germany
Local time: 19:24

Grading comment

Thank You all. It was hard to tell for me, too.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

1 +4

discharge tube

Bernd Runge

burner

Michél Dallaserra

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

discharge tube

Explanation:
Brenner m prakt discharge tube; arc tube rare; gas discharge tube rare
meint Langenscheidt.

Bernd Runge
Germany
Local time: 19:24
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 118

Grading comment

Thank You all. It was hard to tell for me, too.

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

agree

efreitag

4 mins

-> Danke.

agree

Cilian O'Tuama: maybe they're just distinguishing between the parts of a bulb, i.e. the "light element" and the base

47 mins

-> Thank you, Cilian - hard to tell, at least for me ;-)

agree

Christiane Feldmann-Leben

1 hr

-> Danke, Christiane.

agree

Goldcoaster

1 hr

-> Danke.

agree

Thayenga

8 hrs

-> Thank you.

disagree

translexIQ: there is no mention of "discharge". what if it is the old type filament bulb? I'd settle for "tube". Cilian O'Tuama also went in this direction even though he agreed.

2 days2 hrs

-> Well, "IQ", why don't you take the "official" version of Brenner, Gasentladungsröhre (Xenon), and realize while googling [brenner+gasentladungsröhre] that these are used synonymously.

17 mins confidence:

burner

Explanation:
OR simply "lamp" - according to Langenscheidt Fachwörterbuch Technik und angewandte Wissenschaften (p. 1209) in the following entries (see books.google):

metal halide burner - HQI-Brenner; HQI-Lampe
metale halide lamp - Halogen-Metalldampf-Brenner.

What is meant in the present context is probably a very bright HQI-lamp.

A discharge tube or gas-filled tube is called "Gasentladungsröhre" in German.

Reference: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasentladungsr%C3%B6hre

Michél Dallaserra
Germany
Local time: 19:24
Native speaker of: