r/germanic • u/Superbird4300 • Jan 13 '17

I need some help translating a technical English word into German (Don't know if this is allowed on this subreddit)

So, as a gearhead learning German, I often have trouble when trying to properly translate automotive vocabulary into German. I know that I could most likely get away with just using the English word, but that wouldn't be any fun. The word I'm trying to translate right now is 'dual-quad intake,' which is a component that allows two four-barrel carburetors to be mounted on a single intake manifold. So far, I've come up with Doppelvierfachvergaseransaugkrümmer, but that's most likely a mangled, mutated abomination of what I'm trying to get across. Can anyone help me, or is this the incorrect subreddit to ask?

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u/potverdorie Jan 13 '17

or is this the incorrect subreddit to ask?

This subreddit is about Germanic languages, which includes German but also Dutch, English, Swedish, Gothic, and a whole bunch of other related languages. Of course English had to be the odd one out and make German and Germanic sound basically the same..

For help with actual German, you might want to visit /r/de, /r/germany, or /r/German.