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Seitenschweller

English translation: deep door-cills/sills

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German term or phrase:Seitenschweller
English translation:deep door-cills/sills
Entered by: Olav Rixen

11:54 Jun 24, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
German term or phrase: Seitenschweller
Jetzt fehlen nur noch Alufelgen, ein Spoiler und tiefe Seitenschweller.
Olav Rixen
Canada
Local time: 03:34
deep door-cills/sills
Explanation:
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Selected response from:

David Moore (X)
Local time: 12:34
Grading comment
Thanks, David. Since this is UKE, I have to go with sills. But thanks to Antje, too.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4side skirt
Antje Harder
5 +1deep door-cills/sills
David Moore (X)
3side still
S M Gotiwalee


  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
side still


Explanation:
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Note added at 7 mins (2004-06-24 12:01:50 GMT)
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this might help tooo

http://scirocco.dyndns.org/list/archives/2001/February/msg01...

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Note added at 8 mins (2004-06-24 12:02:58 GMT)
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there is a spell mistake

side
sill

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Note added at 10 mins (2004-06-24 12:04:31 GMT)
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there is a spell mistake

side
sill


    Reference: http://www.d-edition.de/images/home.html
S M Gotiwalee
Local time: 06:34
Native speaker of: Native in GujaratiGujarati, Native in EnglishEnglish
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
deep door-cills/sills


Explanation:
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David Moore (X)
Local time: 12:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 575
Grading comment
Thanks, David. Since this is UKE, I have to go with sills. But thanks to Antje, too.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gareth McMillan: UKE just "sills". In DE you can have Schweller front and rear also. In UKE front and rear "Schweller" are valences.
2 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
side skirt


Explanation:
...gibt der Schmitt (Fachwörterbuch der Kfz-Technik).
Beim Porsche-Tuning werden sie z.B. auch so genannt:
http://www.hamann-motorsport.net/download/brochure16de.pdf

Antje Harder
Sweden
Local time: 12:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: German

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dr. Fred Thomson: Makes the most sense in this context.
24 mins
agree  Gareth McMillan: This is USA specific.
2 hrs
agree  John Jory: 'flared side skirts' gets about 60 hits (es sind tiefe Schweller)
2 hrs
agree  redfox
1 day 8 hrs
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