Translation of "crank" into German

Kurbel, Sonderling, Spinner are the top translations of "crank" into German.

crank adjective verb noun grammar

A bent piece of an axle, or shaft, or an arm attached at right angles to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a circular action to a wheel or other mechanical device and create power; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. [..]

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  • Kurbel

    noun feminine

    a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation [..]

    I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle.

    Ich mahle meinen Kaffee von Hand - mit einer Kaffeemühle mit Kurbel.

  • Sonderling

    noun masculine

    slang: strange person

    MOSCOW – Imagine a crank who tries to pass himself off as a nineteenth-century Russian baron.

    MOSKAU: Man stelle sich einen Sonderling vor, der versucht, sich als russischer Baron aus dem 19. Jahrhundert auszugeben.

  • Spinner

    noun masculine

    slang: strange person

    I thοught it was the wοrk οf sοme harmless crank.

    Ich dachte, das sei das Werk eines harmlosen Spinners.

  • Less frequent translations

    • Miesepeter
    • Kauz
    • ankurbeln
    • Marotte
    • wunderlicher Kauz
    • Kurbeln
    • kurbeln
    • krümmen
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    • Exzentriker
    • Crank
    • Griesgram
    • Handkurbel
    • Irre
    • Eigenbrötler
    • fixe Idee
    • Tretkurbel
    • drehen
    • Kurbelarm
    • handkurbel
    • Amphetamin
    • Pedalarm
    • Crackpot
    • Methamphetamin
    • Wortspiel
    • winkel
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