Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Schlüsselweite
English translation:
width across flats / WAF
Added to glossary by
Johanna Timm, PhD
Feb 6, 2007 22:43
17 yrs ago
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German term
Schlüsselweite
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
does anyone know an abr. for schlüsselweite SW in english GB?
WAF width across flats or WS Wrench size??
WAF width across flats or WS Wrench size??
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | W.A.F. [width across flats] |
Johanna Timm, PhD
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| 5 -1 | wrench size |
Johannes Gleim
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Change log
Feb 6, 2007 23:22: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "schlüsselweite " to "Schlüsselweite "
Proposed translations
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21 mins
Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Canada
Native in German
Canada
Friendly, fast & certified!
Native in: German (Variants: Swiss, Platt / Nieder (Low German), Austrian, Germany) 
Works in: English to German, German to English, German
Related KudoZ points
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161
Selected
W.A.F. [width across flats]
Peer comment(s):
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Alan Johnson
: If you go into a hardware store and ask for a 13mm spanner and you want an open-jaw, what do you do when you are given a ring? You say you want 13mm across flats.
8 hrs
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| agree |
Johannes Gleim
: is OK, but not as common as wrench size. (17.600 google hits, compared to 29.900 for wrench size) // Changed grading as your proposal is right as well as my.
9 hrs
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As you can see from my CL, I was less than sure about my own proposal. I'm glad there were techies out there to clear things up for Michael.
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Danke hatte ich auch gedacht."
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16 mins
Johannes Gleim
Native in German
Works in field
40 years Engineer, 20 years translations
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
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322
wrench size
http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType...
Wrench size is very common
(29900 Google hits), for ex.:
SW
(redirected from Schlüsselweite (German: spanner size; wrench size)
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Note added at 10 Stunden (2007-02-07 09:12:41 GMT)
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Figure 7 - Wrench with nut - 1 wrench size
http://www.crystal-netbook.info/e148915/e154855/e154863/inde...
Width Across
Flats
(Wrench Size)
http://www.fairburyfastener.com/xdims_metric_hhcs_coarse.htm
Wrench size is very common
(29900 Google hits), for ex.:
SW
(redirected from Schlüsselweite (German: spanner size; wrench size)
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Note added at 10 Stunden (2007-02-07 09:12:41 GMT)
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Figure 7 - Wrench with nut - 1 wrench size
http://www.crystal-netbook.info/e148915/e154855/e154863/inde...
Width Across
Flats
(Wrench Size)
http://www.fairburyfastener.com/xdims_metric_hhcs_coarse.htm
Reference:
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/Schl%FCsselweite+(German:+spanner+size%3B+wrench+size)
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Lancashireman
: 'abr.' is an abbreviation for 'abbreviation' // If you read the question again, this comment may become comprehensible. It is about asker's criteria.
1 min
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Your comment is incomprehensible as I did not use "abr." // but the asker. Thank youu for this hint.
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Alan Johnson
: Wrench size tells you absolutely nothing about the type of spanner, whereas across flats does. If intended for a BE audience, googling "wrench" is totally irrelevant anyway. Spanner size would still be wrong because it tells you nothing about the type.
12 hrs
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Both expressions (width across flats and wrench size) are used and common. You may accept both or delete your comment;
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Discussion
Can't give you more info than that.... I try to avoid hardware stores :-)