Flansch

Flansch

German

Alternative forms

  • Flansche f (obsolete)

Etymology

According to Kluge, Pfeifer and Duden, from Middle High German vlansch (“corner, end”), with possible relations to Flunsch (“pout, pouty mouth”) and to flennen (“to cry noisily, snivel”).

However, the likely descendant of the inherited term seems to show very little usage in New High German, and with the sense having shifted towartds "torn bit, strip of meat"[1]. The modern meaning of "flange" appears fairly suddenly in the first half of the 19th century specifically in engineering. This sense, or any close to it, is markedly absent in Grimm's dictionary despite being contemperaneous. The closeness in sense and form could alternatively suggest a borrowing from English flange, flanch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flanʃ/
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Noun

Flansch m (strong, genitive Flansches or Flanschs, plural Flansche)

  1. flange (projecting edge at the end of component (esp. of metal) to fasten to or anchor with other parts, now especially of pipes)
    • 1856 [1855], “Verein für Eisenbahnkunde zu Berlin - Protocoll vom 11. December 1855”, in G. Erbkam, editor, Zeitschrift für Bauwesen‎[1], Berlin: Ernst & Korn, page 429:
      Die Zunge b besteht aus einem starken vierkantigen Eisen, und ist von demselben oben nur so viel abgehobelt, als der Radflansch erfordert.
      Switch b consists of a strong, square piece of iron, and from its top exactly enough has been abraded as is required by the flange of the wheel.
    • 2008, chapter 5, in Günter Wossog, editor, Handbuch Rohrleitungsbau‎[2], volume 1, Essen: Vulkan, →ISBN, page 361:
      Mittels Schrauben und Muttern werden beide Flansche mit der Dichtung verbunden.
      Both flanges are tightened to the seal using nuts and bolts.

Declension

Declension of Flansch [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Flansch die Flansche
genitive eines des Flansches, Flanschs der Flansche
dative einem dem Flansch, Flansche1 den Flanschen
accusative einen den Flansch die Flansche

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

  • flanschen
  • Kanalflansch
  • Kunststoffflansch
  • Maschinenflansch
  • Zwischenflansch

References

  1. ^ “flantsch” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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