German Technical Term Translations
German technical terms used in mechanical engineering drawings
This is a list of words we have come across over the course of many years of machining from German-language blueprints. It is not all-inclusive, nor do we give any guarantee that our translation is correct, especially given that meanings change depending on their context. We hope you will find it useful and browse this site to consider if Stephens Precision Inc. would be an appropriate shop to machine parts for you. If you have feedback, revisions or additions to suggest, please contact us using the information on the right.
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| Abbildung | Illustration, figure | Abbrev for Messing (brass) | Ms | |
| Abmass | Maximum material condition | Account No. | Buchungs-Nr. | |
| Abzug | discount | adjustment | Einstellung | |
| achse | axis, shaft,not convey torque | Advertisement | Anzeige | |
| Änderung | Alteration | Allen wrench | Imbusschlüssel | |
| Andruckfeder | Pressure spring | Alteration | Änderung | |
| Angabe | Data, indication, statement | Amount | Betrag | |
| angeben | to indicate | and/or | bezw. | |
| Anschluss | connection for plating (eg racking) | angle | Winkel | |
| Anzeige | Advertisement | Angle of interference | Eingriffswinkel | |
| Anzug | torque, tightening | approximately | rd. =rund | |
| Arbeit | Job, work | axis, shaft,not convey torque | achse | |
| Auflistung | Index, classification | background | hinterlegen, hinterlegt | |
| Aufnahme | pickup | basic | grundlegend | |
| Auftrag | Contract | black | schwarz | |
| Aussen-... | outer... | black anodized | schwarzgebeizt | |
| Bedienung | operation, service | blue | Blau | |
| Bedingungen | conditions | body | Körper | |
| Befestigung | connection | bolt, pin | Bolzen | |
| beizen | etch | bore basis | Einheitborungen | |
| Beschreibung | Description | bracket | Halterung | |
| Betrag | Amount | brass | Messing | |
| bezw. | and/or | break edges | Kanten gebrochen | |
| bieten | offer, quote | Bronze | bronze | |
| Blau | blue | brown | braun | |
| blaugebeizt | gun blue | Bushing | Buchse | |
| Blech | sheet metal | Business- | Geschäftstelle(n) | |
| Boden | ground, floor | cable | Kabel | |
| Bolzen | bolt, pin | case hardened | einsatzgehärtet | |
| braun | brown | cavity, long narrow | Nut | |
| bronze | Bronze | Check | Scheck | |
| Buchse | Bushing | Check, proofread | prüfen | |
| Buchungs-Nr. | Account No. | Checked (by...) | geprüft | |
| Bundesstaat(en) | State(s) | clearance | Spiel | |
| Collex | German type of Stainless | Cog wheel,gear | Zahnrad | |
| Datei, (f.) | Database | color | Farbe | |
| Datum | Date | complete the milling | fräsen, fertigfräsen | |
| Directory | Verzeichnis | conditions | Bedingungen | |
| drehen | turn | connection | Befestigung | |
| dunkel | dark | connection | verbindung | |
| durchmesser | diameter | connection for plating (eg racking) | Anschluss | |
| Düsen | jet | Contract | Auftrag | |
| Ebenheit | flatness | crank | Kurbel | |
| eingestellt | set, adjusted | dark | dunkel | |
| Eingriffswinkel | Angle of interference | Data, indication, statement | Angabe | |
| Einheitborungen | bore basis | Database | Datei, (f.) | |
| Einheitswelle | shaft basis | Date | Datum | |
| einsatzgehärtet | case hardened | deep | tief | |
| Einsatztemperatur | operating temperature | Description | Beschreibung | |
| Einstellung | adjustment | diameter | durchmesser | |
| entstanden | Originated | discount | Abzug | |
| Farbe | color | do preliminary milling | fräsen, vorfräsen | |
| Feder | spring | Drawing | Zeichnung | |
| fräsen | to mill | Drawn | gezeichnet | |
| fräsen, fertigfräsen | complete the milling | engraved | graviert | |
| fräsen, vorfräsen | do preliminary milling | Enterprise(s), Company(ies) | Unternehm(en) | |
| Freistich | under cut, back cut | etch | beizen | |
| Führung | guide | etched | gebeizt | |
| Führungs- ... | Lead ... | finish | Oberflächengüte | |
| Gang | pitch | finish | Oberflächenqualität | |
| gebeizt | etched | Fit | Passmass | |
| gelb | yellow | fit | Passung | |
| gepasst | mated | flatness | Ebenheit | |
| geprüft | Checked (by...) | friction | Reibung | |
| Geschäfts- | Office(s) | German type of Stainless | Collex | |
| Geschäftstelle(n) | Business- | gray | grau | |
| Gewinde | threaded | green | grün | |
| gezeichnet | Drawn | groove | Rille | |
| Glasperlenstrahlen | to beadblast | ground, floor | Boden | |
| Grat | sharp edge, burr, ridge | guide | Führung | |
| grau | gray | guide pulley | Leitrolle | |
| graviert | engraved | gun blue | blaugebeizt | |
| grün | green | Hub or Sprocket | Nabe | |
| grundlegend | basic | Illustration, figure | Abbildung | |
| Güte | quality, appearance | Index, classification | Auflistung | |
| Halterung | bracket | installation, assembly | Montage | |
| Handwerkbetrieb | job shop | Invoice | Rechnung | |
| Hebel | lever | jet | Düsen | |
| hinterlegen, hinterlegt | background | job shop | Handwerkbetrieb | |
| Hinweis | Notice, Note: | Job, work | Arbeit | |
| Hülle | outer protective casing | Kernel, core | Kern | |
| Imbusschlüssel | Allen wrench | key, wrench | Schlüssel | |
| Kabel | cable | knurl | Rändel | |
| Kanten gebrochen | break edges | lacquered, painted | lackiert | |
| Kern | Kernel, core | Layer, slice | Schicht | |
| Körper | body | Lead ... | Führungs- ... | |
| Kurbel | crank | left | Links | |
| lackiert | lacquered, painted | lever | Hebel | |
| Läppen | to Lap | Lock | Schloss | |
| Leitrolle | guide pulley | mated | gepasst | |
| Links | left | Material | Werkstoff | |
| Masse | Measurements, tolerance | Maximum material condition | Abmass | |
| Maßstab | scale | Measurement, mass, gage | Mess- , Meß- | |
| MassStab | scale | Measurements, tolerance | Masse | |
| Menge | Quantity | Notice, Note: | Hinweis | |
| Mess- , Meß- | Measurement, mass, gage | Number | Nummer (Nr.) | |
| Messing | brass | offer, quote | bieten | |
| mit | with | Office(s) | Geschäfts- | |
| Montage | installation, assembly | operating temperature | Einsatztemperatur | |
| Ms | Abbrev for Messing (brass) | operation, service | Bedienung | |
| Mutterunternehm | Parent company | or | oder | |
| Nabe | Hub?, Sprocket? | Originated | entstanden | |
| Nummer (Nr.) | Number | outer protective casing | Hülle | |
| Nut | Long cavity | outer... | Aussen-... | |
| Oberfläche | surface | Parent company | Mutterunternehm | |
| Oberflächengüte | finish | Part Number | Sach-Nummer(-Nr) | |
| Oberflächenqualität | finish | part(s) | Teil, Teile | |
| obige | the above | payment | Zahlung | |
| oder | or | perpendicularity | Rechtwinkligkeit | |
| ohne | without | pickup | Aufnahme | |
| Passmass | Fit | pink, rose-colored | rosa | |
| Passung | fit | pitch | Gang | |
| Presspassung | press fit | powder | Pulver | |
| prüfen | Check, proofread | press fit | Presspassung | |
| Pulver | powder | Pressure spring | Andruckfeder | |
| purpur | purple | pulley | Rolle | |
| Rad | wheel | purple | purpur | |
| Rändel | knurl | quality, appearance | Güte | |
| Rändern | to border, edge, mill | Quantity | Menge | |
| rd. =rund | approximately | Radial boring | Wälzlager | |
| Rechnung | Invoice | red | rot | |
| Rechts | right | right | Rechts | |
| Rechtwinkligkeit | perpendicularity | rough, raw | Roh | |
| Reibung | friction | scale | Maßstab | |
| Rille | groove | scale | MassStab | |
| Roh | rough, raw | screw, bolt | Schraube | |
| Rolle | pulley | see | siehe | |
| rosa | pink, rose | set, adjusted | eingestellt | |
| rot | red | shaft basis | Einheitswelle | |
| Sach-Nummer(-Nr) | Part Number | shaft or axle conveying torque | Welle, Wellen (pl.) | |
| Scheck | Check | sharp edge, burr, ridge | Grat | |
| Schicht | Layer, slice | sheet metal | Blech | |
| Schloss | Lock | shows, indicates | zeigt | |
| Schlüssel | key, wrench | slide fit | Spielpassung | |
| Schraube | screw, bolt | spring | Feder | |
| schwarz | black | sprocket | Zahnkranz | |
| schwarzgebeizt | black anodized | State(s) | Bundesstaat(en) | |
| Schwefel | sulfur | Stator (non spinning part of rotor) | Ständorblech | |
| schweissen | weld | Stress relieve using heat | spannungsfrei glühen | |
| siehe | see | Subsidiary | Tochtergesellschaft | |
| Spannrolle | tension pulley | sulfur | Schwefel | |
| spannungsfrei glühen | Stress relieve using heat | surface | Oberfläche | |
| Spiel | clearance | tension pulley | Spannrolle | |
| Spielpassung | slide fit | the above | obige | |
| Ständorblech | Stator (non spinning part of rotor) | threaded | Gewinde | |
| Teil(e) | part(s) | Titanium | Titan | |
| tief | deep | to beadblast | Glasperlenstrahlen | |
| Titan | Titanium | to border, edge, mill | Rändern | |
| Tochtergesellschaft | Subsidiary | to indicate | angeben | |
| Übergangspassung | transition fit | to Lap | Läppen | |
| Unternehm(en) | Enterprise(s), Company(ies) | to mill | fräsen | |
| V2A | a type of Stainless Steel | to nickel plate | Vernickeln | |
| verbindung | connection | Tooth, teeth | Zahn, Zähne | |
| Vernickeln | to nickel plate | torque, tightening | Anzug | |
| Verschweissen | weld together | transition fit | Übergangspassung | |
| Waferaufnahme | Wafer frame | turn | drehen | |
| Wälzlager | Radial boring | under cut, back cut | Freistich | |
| weiss | white | Verzeichnis | Directory | |
| Welle, Wellen (pl.) | shaft or axle conveying torque | Wafer frame | Waferaufnahme | |
| Werkstoff | Material | weld | schweissen | |
| Winkel | angle | weld together | Verschweissen | |
| Zahlung | payment | wheel | Rad | |
| Zahn, Zähne | Tooth, teeth | white | weiss | |
| Zahnkranz | sprocket | with | mit | |
| Zahnrad | Cog wheel,gear | without | ohne | |
| Zeichnung | Drawing | yellow | gelb | |
