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  • Wrong entry

    18-wheeler Amer. fam. - der Sattelschlepper

    Correction

    18-wheeler

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    der Sattelzug


    Examples/ definitions with source references
    Main Entry: 18–wheeler
    Variant: or eighteen–wheeler
    Function: noun
    Date: 1976
    : a trucking rig consisting of a tractor and a trailer and typically having eighteen wheels

    Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
    Comment
    Dictionary: eighteen-wheeler

    18-wheeler is the whole truck, front and back.
    See this thread:
    related discussion: semi / semi truck - der Sattelschlepper (etc.)

    Maybe some German speaker knows of a more colloquial term for Sattelzug? Any German truckers out there?
    Author wupper (354075) 10 Apr 08, 22:31
    Comment
    Coll. sagt man aber auch Sattelschlepper für den ganzen Zug. Da haben wir schon lange diskutiert. hm -- us hat es zusammengefaßt in ihrem Neuvorschlag.
    #1Authorjudex (239096) 10 Apr 08, 22:37
    Comment
    Sorry. Großer Fehler. Ich wusste nichts von eurer Diskussion. Wann und wo denn? :-)
    #2Authorwupper (354075) 10 Apr 08, 22:46
     
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