German | English | |
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Türschwelle {f}; Schwelle {f}; Türstaffel [Ös.] {m,f}; Staffel {m,f} [Ös.] [constr.] | threshold of a/the door; door saddle [Br.] (bottom of a doorway above the sill) (often wrongly: door sill) | |
Türschwellen {pl}; Schwellen {pl}; Türstaffeln {pl}; Staffeln {pl} | thresholds of doors; door saddles | |
die Braut über die Schwelle tragen | to carry the bride over the threshold |