Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Reihenhaus; Doppelhaus
English translation:
terraced house / semi-detached house
German term
Germany
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Reihenhaus; Doppelhaus
pairs of semis
Stimmt das oder gibt es noch geläufigere Bezeichnungen?
| 4 +8 | terraced house / semi-detached house |
Edith Kelly
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| 4 +5 | townhouse; duplex |
Melanie Nassar
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| 5 | Terrace house; semi(-detached house) |
David Moore (X)
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| 4 | terraced house; double dwelling house |
Marc Selway (X)
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terraced house / semi-detached house
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Note added at 3 mins (2004-11-01 12:13:21 GMT)
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see also
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Terrace house; semi(-detached house)
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Ian M-H (X)
: "terrace house" is heard/seen, but I'd say "terraced" is more usual; "semi" is fine // I'm not saying "terrace" is wrong, just that "terraced" is more common UK usage
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Both are perfectly acceptable; Chambers has "terrace" as first entry....
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Oliver Walter
: I agree with Ian
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I repeat: BOTH are perfectly acceptable
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terraced house; double dwelling house
Doppelhaus = double dwelling house, double house, twin house, duplex house (AE), two semidetached houses
Quelle: Langenscheidt Routledge Fachwörterbuch Architektur und Bauwesen
Ich persönlich würde "terraced house" und "double dwelling house" benutzen.
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Edith Kelly
: double-dwelling can also imply a horizontal split while Doppelhaus always implies a vertical split.
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David Moore (X)
: Agree with Edith
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townhouse; duplex
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Armorel Young
: even in England, terraced house tends to refer to a particular style of Victorian and Edwardian "row" houses, and more modern ones are called townhouses.
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Ingrid Blank
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foehnerk (X)
59 mins
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| agree |
Andras Malatinszky
3 hrs
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| agree |
Johanna Timm, PhD
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