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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Bollerwagen

English translation:

handcart

Added to glossary by Dr Andrew Read
Aug 4, 2004 11:20
19 yrs ago
German term

Bollerwagen

German to English Other Other equipment for babies/toddlers
Again from list of kid's equipment. I know exactly what it is (see http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=Bollerwagen&ie=UTF-8&hl=... but what would we call this in English? I believe they're much more common in the Gmn-speaking countries and Scandinavia.
Proposed translations (English)
1 handcart
4 +2 child's wagon, toy wagon
4 +2 cart
3 +2 wooden wagon
3 pushcart

Discussion

Brainstorm Aug 4, 2004:
see http://forum.leo.org/cgi-bin/dict/forum.cgi?action=show&sort...

Proposed translations

1 min
Selected

handcart

according to Ernst

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Note added at 2 mins (2004-08-04 11:22:31 GMT)
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\"wagon\" according to Langenscheidt

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Note added at 7 mins (2004-08-04 11:27:47 GMT)
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\"pull wagon\" according to
http://www.babyuniverse.com/pro.asp?rc=rawhide&id=44840
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Hi went for this. No perfect translation exists as we simply don't have this thing that griebler correctly interprets in Anglo-Saxon culture, I believe."
+2
5 mins

child's wagon, toy wagon

can't see what else it could be.
Peer comment(s):
agree leipert : its a nickname for small wooden cart that used to used for transporting things like bags of coal or bundles of wood. Handcart is best translationl
2 hrs
agree Hilary Davies Shelby : http://mountainboysleds.com/wagons.htm
928 days
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+2
6 mins

wooden wagon

This is pretty rare in the US, at least I ndon't remember seeing any when I was growing up. Much more common is the "little red wagon" , which is made of metal, so maybe you could just describe it as a wooden wagon.
Peer comment(s):
agree Michele Johnson : Ah, my old Radio Flyer.... wooden wagon works fine for me.
2 hrs
agree Hilary Davies Shelby : http://mountainboysleds.com/wagons.htm
928 days
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+2
7 mins

cart

According to Langenscheidt this is called "(wooden) cart" in the UK and "wagon" in the US.
Peer comment(s):
agree Heidi Stone-Schaller : a wagon? I think they call them "cart" in the US, too.
5 mins
agree Sabine Griebler : Der klassische Bollerwagen ist aus Holz und mit Zugstange, und man zieht ihn hinter sich her. Solche stehen in unserem Zoo haufenweise herum, damit man seine lauffaulen oder müden Kleinkinder herumfahren kann und sie nicht zu tragen braucht.
1 hr
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19 mins

pushcart

Maybe this is it.

Look at the reference for a picture: it definitely looks like a Bollerwagen to me.

http://www.njartstix.org/theatre.do?theatreid=25
Peer comment(s):
neutral Sabine Griebler : A "Bollerwagen" is pulled.
53 mins
a good point that I had considered previously but somehow I figured that it might work anyway (in the same way that a pushbike isn't pushed)
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