Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Grünling

English translation:

preform

Added to glossary by NGK
May 21, 2002 17:10
21 yrs ago
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German term

Grünling

German to English Tech/Engineering Manufacturing Prototyping
Term in prototyping.

What exactly is this and what is the English translation?
Proposed translations (English)
3 preform
4 greenhorn
4 green body
4 green compact
Change log

Apr 18, 2005 14:02: NGK changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Manufacturing"

Discussion

Trudy Peters May 21, 2002:
Could you provide a little more context?

Proposed translations

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preform

Reference:

http://dicdata.com

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Norbert, vielen Dank. Die Referenzen waren ueberzeugend!"
5 mins

greenhorn

Declined
Cassell's German dictionary, 1981.
Somebody who doesn't know much.
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Comment: "Sorry, but as I said it's a term in prototyping. "
8 mins

green body

Link below shows incidences of 'green body' (the translation I found for Grünling) in conjunction with prototyping!

HTH

Mary
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13 mins

green compact

also called "preform"

search Google with "prototype" + "green compact" (which stems from Ernst)
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