[MV] The Hubschrauber

A.Mehlhorn (a.mehlhorn@t-online.de)
Wed, 10 Jun 98 13:28 +0100

>Gary wrote:
>
> The German term for a helicopter is: "Hupschraube".
>
>Well, actually the term is "Hubschrauber". When spoken by a native
>German-speaker, the "b" in Hub... sounds rather like a "p". Don't know
>the etymology of the word; come in there, Andreas, erläutern sie bitte!

You are right, a helicopter in German is called "Hubschrauber".

"Hub" comes from "Heben" and means "lift". "Schraube" is the short
form of "Luftschraube" and means "propeller".

So a Hubschrauber is an aicraft, which is lifted by the propeller.

Regards
Andreas

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