Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 12, 2003 12:02
21 yrs ago
English term
polesitting
English to German
Other
car racing
"The *polesitting* Ford Daytona Prototype, which led only the first lap of the race..."
Have not found a definition for "polesitting" in all of my large dictionaries, but the word is used a lot in contexts of car racing. Would appreciate a definition from a reliable source. Please propose definition even if you don't know the German translation.
Have not found a definition for "polesitting" in all of my large dictionaries, but the word is used a lot in contexts of car racing. Would appreciate a definition from a reliable source. Please propose definition even if you don't know the German translation.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | der von der Pole Position startende Ford Daytona... |
Steffen Walter
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| 4 +1 | the car that was on pole position |
Louise Mawbey
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Proposed translations
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der von der Pole Position startende Ford Daytona...
d.h. von der ersten Startposition, die in der Regel durch vorherige Qualifikationsrunden vergeben wird (z.B. auch in der Formel 1)
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Comment: "Thanks a lot; very good reference. Also many thanks to Louise for the english definition. I don't like that one can't assign Kudoz points to two people as both answers were valid and correct in this case and both provided useful information."
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the car that was on pole position
it means the car that started the race from the very front - the car that had won the qualifying and then started the actual race from the front
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SimplyMe (X)
: Wie sich die deutsche Sprache doch verändert hat... :o)
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the asker said to give a definition if the German translation wasn't known :)
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David Moore (X)
: Note that "polesitting" is US, not BE. Louise has given the BE =
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