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233 months ago

musa alajrab (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

German > English

Subject:

Technical / Engineering

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

Wasser farbe

Context:

fur den wasser farbe aufsetzen

Keywords:

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233 months ago

Prompt  See profile wrote:

Water colours

233 months ago

Prompt  See profile wrote:

emulsion paint

My comment:

It is the generic term comprising both water colour (kids' toys) and colour for technical use.

233 months ago

Murad AWAD  See profile wrote:

water colour

My comment:

This is the only term that we can use it.

233 months ago

Nicola Devlin  See profile wrote:

water colour

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

233 months ago

Nicola Devlin  See profile wrote:

Indeed, it could even mean "put some dye on the cooker for colouring the water"

233 months ago

Charles Warcup  See profile wrote:

Yes, but why *den*??

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233 months ago

David Moore  See profile wrote:

water colour

My comment:

I am not remotely sure of this, because the context is totally inadequate; what is the context please????