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WotD: Fireplace Vocabulary I
Today the bulk of the furniture arrived for our refurbished living room and we decided to mark the occasion by basking in the warmth of the fireplace. Both ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
monshu and I grew up depending on wood-burning fireplaces for heating, so it's going to take some getting used to clean-burning natural gas. We compared terminology for the various elements of a working hearth and it made me realise how few of those words I know translations for. So here's the first in a short series.
monshu and I grew up depending on wood-burning fireplaces for heating, so it's going to take some getting used to clean-burning natural gas. We compared terminology for the various elements of a working hearth and it made me realise how few of those words I know translations for. So here's the first in a short series.German
- Der Kamin "fireplace; chimney; flue"
- der offene Kamin "fireplace"
- die Feuerbüchse "firebox"
- der Schornstein "chimney"
- der Rauchabzug "flue"
- die Luftklappe "damper"
- die Feuerstätte "hearth"
- der/das Kaminsims "mantlepiece"
- der Ofenschirm "fire screen"
- das Feuergitter "fire guard"
- der Feuerrost "grate"
- der Feuerbock "fire-dog, andiron"
- das Kaminbesteck "fire irons"
- der Schürhaken "poker"
- der Kaminblasebalg "fireplace bellows"
- die Kaminzange "fire tongs"
- das Brennholz "firewood"
- der Kaminruß "chimney soot"