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192 months ago

Sladja (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

English > German

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

Wenga (colour)

Context:

Wenge (pronounced 'venga') is a rich greyish-brown colour with copper accents.

Keywords:

Farbe eines Möbelstücks. Bitte, keine Beschreibungsübersetzung, wenn irgendwie möglich. Vielen Dank!

 

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192 months ago

  See profile wrote:

Palisandre do Congo - or: Wenge

My comment:

see: www.de.wikipedia.org/wiki/wenge

My references:

www.de.wikipedia.org/wiki/wenge

192 months ago

  See profile wrote:

ein kräftiges Graubraun mit kupferfarbenen Akzenten

My comment:

ist sehr wörtlich, aber man kann sich vorstellen wie es aussieht, oder?

My references:

keine

192 months ago

  See profile wrote:

Wenge-maronen (Optik)

192 months ago

  See profile wrote:

grauweiss

My comment:

das Holz hat einen hell-bis dunklenbraunen Kern

192 months ago

Rupert Kindermann  See profile wrote:

Wenge

My comment:

It is the SAME in German and English and actually derives from the type of wood called wenge. See links.

My references:

ENGLISH
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenge

GERMAN
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenge

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

192 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de  See profile wrote:

100 % correct This is what we use use in German. Very common in furniture/kitchen industry.

192 months ago

Elisabeth Buddensiek  See profile wrote:

Yes!!!

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