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auf engstem Kaum

English translation: should be "auf engstem Raum"

22:33 Mar 29, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
German term or phrase: auf engstem Kaum
(Patent claim)
Das Nah-Wärme-Zentrum ist eine Kombination aus Speicher und Heiyszstem, dadurch gekennyeichnet, daß Heizsystem, Brauchwasserspeicher und-oder Brennstoffspeicher (Öl, Gas, Kohlenstaub, Holzschnitzel und andere) auf engstem Kaum miteinander verbunden sind.

(Can't find "Kaum" as a noun in any of my dictionaries)
Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:33
English translation:should be "auf engstem Raum"
Explanation:
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Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 07:33
Grading comment
Thank you. Maybe I should have realized it was a typo. I did think it must mean "connected as closely as possible".
Anyway, thank you all for confirming that it was just a printer's error.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +7should be "auf engstem Raum"
Trudy Peters
4 +1are connected as compactly as possible
William Stein


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
should be "auf engstem Raum"


Explanation:
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Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 07:33
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 3087
Grading comment
Thank you. Maybe I should have realized it was a typo. I did think it must mean "connected as closely as possible".
Anyway, thank you all for confirming that it was just a printer's error.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Bittner
6 mins
agree  Sergey Strakhov: Stimmt! Es ist ein Tippfehler :)))
8 mins
agree  heikeb
10 mins
agree  smarinella
11 mins
agree  Nancy Arrowsmith: bestimmt
1 hr
agree  Сергей Лузан: Gewiss.
8 hrs
agree  Elvira Stoianov
8 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
are connected as compactly as possible


Explanation:
Trudy's right about "Raum", of course.

William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 05:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1734

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Сергей Лузан: Sicher.
6 hrs
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