English - Danish Automotive Terminology
Danish-English Motor Dictionary
A one minute Danish-English Motor Dictionary.
Bund - Bottom
Bundkar - Sump
Bössning - Bushing
Dynamo - Generator (DC type)
Elastikk - Rubber band
Flade - Surface (pakkflade = gasket surface)
Fodgear - Foot gear shift
Gearkasse - Gear box
Gevind - thread
Håndgear - Hand gear shift
Karburator - Carburator, carburettor
Kasse - Container, box.
Knast - Cam (Knastaxel = Cam shaft)
Knikser - Breaker (Platiner is another common name)
Krumtap - Crank shaft
Kul - Coal
Leje - Bearing
Lige - Straight
Lukked - Locked or closed
Lydpotte - Muffler
Låseblikk - Sheet metal locking device for nuts/bolts. (spring washer?)
Maling - Paintwork
Måling - Measuring
Möttrik - Nut
Oliesi - Oil mesh
Plejlstang - Connecting rod
Prövelampe - Test lamp (ignition timing light)
Sikkring - Fuse
Skive - Washer
Smörerör - Oil line
Smöring - Lubrication
Skrue - Screw
Skrå - Angled
Stel - Frame
Stativ - Support (like Central Support. Side Stands are called Sidestötteben or Skråstötteben and are add-ons)
Staffering - Pinstripes.
Stempel - Piston (or other cylindrical objects moving in ditto holes. Throttle is, for example, called gas stempel).
Svömmer - Float
Tandhjul - Cog Wheel
Takthjul - The bevel gears connecting the cam shaft and the crank shaft through the dynamo. There are four 'takthjul'.
Tipper - Flooder (for older types of carburators, pre-38)
Tändrör - Spark plug
Udstödning - Exhaust
Ventillås - Valve spring lock
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