die Schaltung spiesst
English translation: The gearshift sticks
| 13:24 Jul 16, 2001 |
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|  Selected response from: Tom Funke Local time: 21:25 | ||||||
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| na +1 | The gearshift sticks |
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| na | the gears are notchy / sticky |
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the gears are notchy / sticky Explanation: This is just a wild guess on the basis that the dictionary has the following: etw. in etw. (Akk.) spießen stick sth. in sth Best I can do, I'm afraid :-) Hope it helps anyway Mary blatantly none! |
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spiesst Explanation: I would say this is dialect. spiessen = hard to handle, not right I'm Austrian |
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51 mins peer agreement (net): +1
The gearshift sticks Explanation: The gearshift sticks Interestingly, spießen/spiessen isn’t mentioned in my automotive or engineering dictionaries in this context. But… spießen (4) (österr. Usually with sich) sich verklemmen, in nicht gewünschter Weise vorangehen, stocken (Duden, Deutsches Universalwörterbuch, ISBN 3 411 06603 0) HTH Tom see above |
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