Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
"Hiebwaffe" vs "Schneidwaffe"
English translation:
hacking/slashing vs cutting weapon
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2014-04-25 12:54:12 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
German term
"Hiebwaffe" vs "Schneidwaffe"
Apr 22, 2014 12:50: writeaway changed "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering" , "Field (specific)" from "Law (general)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "Crime statistics" to "name of a weapon/Crime statistics"
Apr 22, 2014 12:52: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "name of a weapon/Crime statistics" to "type of weapon/Crime statistics"
Proposed translations
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
hacking/slashing vs cutting weapon
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BrigitteHilgner
: slashing/cutting
4 mins
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Thanks, Brigitte.
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Alexander Schleber (X)
: slahing and cutting are almost synonimous. Hacking vs. cutting weapon woud be OK. Hacking (with an axe for instance) takes still more effort than slashing or cutting.
5 mins
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Thanks, Alexander. But slashing conjures up more physical effort, no?
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Germany
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Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, Norwegian to Russian, and 14 more.
thrusting vs. slicing / cutting weapons
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Alexander Schleber (X)
: thrusting weaspon = Stichwaffe
17 mins
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United Kingdom
Hands-on experience of commerce
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, English
blunt instrument
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Alexander Schleber (X)
: A blunt instrument cannot cut.
11 mins
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Cetacea
: A "blunt instrument" is "stumpfer Gegenstand" in German. Eine Hiebwaffe ist eine Klingenwaffe, die hauptsächlich dazu ausgelegt ist, mit einer Schneide die Kraft des Hiebes zu nutzen.
36 mins
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Lancashireman
: Colonel Mustard with the lead pipe in the library
9 hrs
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"striking weapon" vs "cutting / slashing weapon"
Schneiden = cut, slash
Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
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