Glossary entry

Deutsch term or phrase:

Anwurf

Englisch translation:

clasp

Added to glossary by Ann C Sherwin
Jun 7, 2007 19:30
17 yrs ago
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Deutsch term

Anwurf

Deutsch > Englisch Technik Architektur windows
An 18th-century inventory description of a building in Holstein contains the following: "Die fünf von außen angenagelten und eine Rahmen Fenster mit ••Anwurff•• und Hacken sind in passablen Stande." and "In dieser Kammer ist ein altes Rahmen Fenster ohne ••Anwurf•• und Hacken.
Is Anwurf plaster here? What kind of window comes with and without plaster? Or might it have meant something else in the 18th century?

Proposed translations

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clasp

according to Flüglers 1874 dictionary
Peer comment(s):

neutral Marlou Franken : think you placed this under the wrong query...:) Well, you didn't mean to place is with the quesion about "hooks"? Well in that case I must be misunderstanding. Sorry
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no, the dictionary I'm quoting suggests "clasp" for Anwurf
agree Armorel Young : seems much the most likely - the thing that the Hacken fits into - so if you have found this in an old dictionary it is highly likely to be right.
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agree Bernhard Sulzer : I was considering the same explanation.
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agree Kim Metzger : Makes sense. I couldn't figure out how plaster would fit here. http://www.worldofstock.com/closeups/ADT2376.php
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agree Ingeborg Gowans (X) : this must be right, given the vintage of the text and dicitionary
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agree Rebecca Garber
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Jonathan. I was sure plaster was wrong, but I couldn't find anything else that made sense either. Glad you did!"
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Plastered

Plastered windows do exist.
I didn't have to google long. Here is a Dutch link, with a picture.
You can also look for "plastered windows" old, or something like that.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Armorel Young : Can you explain what you actually mean by a plastered window? Most of the google refs that include "plastered window" actually relate to things like "plastered window sills" - so not the window itself at all
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indeed, but why plastered windows, I don't think it is about that. Only the panes.
disagree Kim Metzger : Why are you providing Dutch dictionaries and links for German to English questions?
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embossed ornaments

Anwurff could be something on the lines of - embossed window pane - Like ornamented, whereas anwurf (single "f") is used in other fields law, sports etc.

Examples:
Anwurf / Anwürfe / Anwerfen - Like throwing something - (sports)


Like accusations (Vorwürfe)

http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~cd2/drw/e/an/wurf/anwur...

In the context my best bet is:

window frames with embossed ornaments

Peer comment(s):

disagree Kim Metzger : Sorry, but you've lost me. How did you get from Anwurf to embossed? What's throwing things got to do with anything? What do accusations have to do with anything?
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Old & New German you see!? Anwurf(f) seem unrelated to me as words past on from old German. As for the words just examples of AnwurF used nowadays and nothing to do with window frames! Embossed (raised) ornaments. Anwurff = embossed could be ok!? 18th C!!
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