Kulissentür
English translation: sliding door
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|  Selected response from: Maya Jurt Switzerland Local time: 02:41 | ||||||
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| 4 | backdrop door |
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| 4 | linking door or sliding block door or link door |
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| 4 | sliding door |
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11 mins confidence: 
backdrop door Explanation: backdrop = die Kulisse scenery = die Kulisse source: http://dict.leo.org/ tuer = door own experience (native speaker) hence I would translate it as backdrop door HTH Barbara Reference: http://dict.leo.org/ native German speaker |
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43 mins confidence:
linking door or sliding block door or link door Explanation: According to DeVries (Technical and Engineering Dictionary) Kulisse= link or backdrop or crank (sliding block) or gate Everyone knows what Tuer is. |
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7 hrs confidence:
sliding door Explanation: "Kulissentür" is taken from the French expression "porte coulissante" It has nothing to do with back stage. Coulisser means "to slide" |
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