zu Norddeutsch auch "Durchschlag" ;-)

LEO

From: 'Salvage Song' (or: The Housewife's Dream) by Elsie Cawser (1915 - ....)

My saucepans have all been surrendered,
The teapot is gone from the hob,
The colander's leaving the cabbage
For a very much different job.
. . .

As Elsie Cawser is (was?) an English Lady, I take it that 'colander' is the BE way of spelling this kitchen-utensil

You can use the word 'colander' or 'strainer.' See the page given in the link I cited for pictures. I am more likely to use the word colander only for the type that is a bowl with legs so that it can stand by itself. I use strainer for both the bowl type and the type with a handle and no legs.

'Colander' is definitely the correct spelling in AE. It rhymes with 'Hollander' in English. You could say 'drainer' or, maybe, 'strainer' as well, but I personally wouldn't.

No idea where 'cullender' came from; I would have thought it was just a mistake, but maybe it's some BE dialect, like Scots or something. If so, it should really be marked as such.

sieve

wäre auch eine passende übersetzung

sieve is used for flour soil etc (dry goods)
strainer IMHO is a plastic/metal gadget with one long handle to strain tea, but possiblly AE use
colander - metal/plastic, bowl-shaped, two handles
cullender - less common spelling of colander

which reminds me: Cooking pasta: a visiting German friend, when asked to fetch a colander, came into the kitchen carrying her diary and asked what I wanted THAT for?

@laalaa OT - Years ago, I was once visiting ny German "Tante." She was preparing dinner and asked me: Kennt Du Petersilien, to which I replied: Ich kenne einige Peters, wie sieht er denn aus :-))