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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Tzirfgelenk

English translation:

Tzirf joint

Added to glossary by Trudy Peters
Feb 6, 2011 19:04
13 yrs ago
German term

Tzirfgelenk

German to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting drawings, human anatomy(?)
Title of a drawing by Hans Bellmer:
Kinder, die Frühling spielen (Konstruktion mit Tzirfgelenken)

Can't find anything on Tzirf. It may be a typo, but for what? My best guess from reading about Bellmer would be 'articulated joints', but I really have no idea.

Can anyone help?

TIA
Proposed translations (English)
1 +4 Tzirf joint
Change log

Feb 8, 2011 00:40: Trudy Peters Created KOG entry

Discussion

Coqueiro Feb 6, 2011:
@ Bernd geniale Lösung!
Edwin Miles Feb 6, 2011:
@ Bernd Respect!
Dan Cooper Feb 6, 2011:
Bernd, I was thinking along the same lines! I tried googling 'firtz' and 'gelenk''
Bernd Runge Feb 6, 2011:
Bruder Der Bruder von Hans Bellmer war Ingenieur und hat die Gelenke seiner Puppen entwickelt - und der hieß Fritz. Bellmer war um 1930 mit einer Anagrammkünstlerin bekannt, was dann dann wahrscheinlich aus Fritz Tzirf werden ließ ...

Proposed translations

+4
14 mins
Selected

Tzirf joint

I'm sure you've already seen this reference. Could it be a made-up word?
Reference:

http://www.bridgemanart.com/image/Bellmer-Hans-1902-75/Children-the-Spring-games-Construction-with-Tzirf-Joint-c-1936-37-pencil-and-watercol

Note from asker:
For some reason, I did not get this site when I googled, with or without gelenk. Thanks!
Peer comment(s):
agree Johanna Timm, PhD : http://tiny.cc/1tf82
33 mins
neutral Lonnie Legg : Yes, it could (see Bernd's post). But, oddly, unlike Johanna's, your link doesn't work (at least at 22:30, Feb 6, 2011).
2 hrs
Sorry, it looks like I accidentally cut off the last part when pasting. Same as Johanna's though. I think Bernd is right: 'Fritz' spelled backwards, but with the first two letters reversed to make it pronouncible.
agree Helen Shiner
4 hrs
agree Ramey Rieger (X)
15 hrs
agree Coqueiro
17 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Well, I guess that's it! Learned something new again. I'll see if I can work this into a conversation :-) Thanks to everybody!"
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