Not German, at any rate; it uses "Verschluss" for the shutter on a camera.
The basic meaning of that word is anything that closes something (from "verschließen", to close (securely), from "schließen", to close); for example, the cap on a tube of toothpaste might also be called a "Verschluss".
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Date: 2008-12-13 02:23 pm (UTC)The basic meaning of that word is anything that closes something (from "verschließen", to close (securely), from "schließen", to close); for example, the cap on a tube of toothpaste might also be called a "Verschluss".