Schraube

From Middle High German schrūbe. The earlier developments seem not to be quite clear; see screw for more.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃʁaʊ̯bə/

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Schraube f (genitive Schraube, plural Schrauben, diminutive Schräubchen n)

1. screw
   1. most iconically, a screw in the sense of a fluted fastener

      Solange das deutsche Reich besteht, wird die Schraube nach rechts gedreht. (mnemonic)

      For as long as the German empire exists, we turn the screw to the right.

   2. a propeller advancing by helical movement
   3. the simple machine called screw
   4. the abstracted form things may acquire called helix
   5. a spiral movement, a spin around the longitudinal axis
      1. a spiral movement around the longitudinal axis formalized in athletics

• schraubig
• Schräubchen, Schräublein
• schraubenartig, schraubenförmig

• → Esperanto: ŝraŭbo
• → Czech: šroub
• → Hungarian: sróf
  • → Macedonian: шраф (šraf)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: шра̏ф, ша̀ра̄ф, ша̏ф

    Latin script: šrȁf, šàrāf, šȁf

• → Romanian: șurub
• → Russian: шуру́п (šurúp)
  • → Azerbaijani: şurup
• → Ukrainian: шуру́п (šurúp)

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