WotD: curtain rod

[muckefuck]

1. die Vorhangstange
2. de gordijnroede
3. la barra de cortinas
4. la guia de cortines
5. le tringle à rideau
6. y polyn llenni
7. an maide cuirtíní
8. pręt do zasłon
9. 커튼을 (거는) 막대
10. 擗帘竿 pǐliángān

Notes: I'm still not sure what the load-bearing capacity of the shower rod in the upstairs bathroom is, but now I know it's somewhere less than six wet linen shirts. monshu finally made it to Clark-Devon for a cheap plastic replacement on Saturday morning and I was stymied on how to fit it into place until I finally read the package instructions and discovered that you had to twist it to adjust the length first. So I went and picked up the old metal one--which both of us had wrestled with for considerable time earlier in the week before giving up for ruined--and realised the same trick worked. Anyone need a cheap extendable curtain rod?

(N.B.: I originally wanted to make this entry "tension rod", which is what I thought was the proper name for a curtain rod that was held in place by an internal spring rather than being screwed into the wall. But I had no luck at all finding translations.)

Comments

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

That specific kind of rod would be called "Barra de cortina a presión" here :)

Always helping or trying to :)

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Aha, I found "barra a presión" being used on its own the way I'd use "tension rod". ¡Gracias, guapo!

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

Yes... Although presión and tensión are opposite concepts for me...

[pne.livejournal.com]

German: also Gardinenstange.

Compare also Stilgarnitur (http://images.google.com/images?q=stilgarnitur), which is, to me, a completely non-obvious name but seems to refer consistently to something curtain-rod-related. (Or to the whole ensemble of curtain rod + wall brackets? I really don't know the exact reference of that term.)

[pne.livejournal.com]

"Teleskop-Duschstange" also seems to be apposite. Not sure whether it refers to ones that use springs, to ones that you can extend yourself (e.g. by turning), or to both. Though "Duschstange" seems to be ambiguous (judging by Google Image results) between the horizontal rod that holds up a shower curtain and the vertical rod that you hang the shower head on.

[anicca-anicca.livejournal.com]

name for a curtain rod that was held in place by an internal spring rather than being screwed into the wall
= "Klemmstange"