German term
Vollwaschmittel
It is mainly about hand disinfectants..
Thanks in advance....
| 4 +3 | (general) laundry detergent |
Gillian Scheibelein
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| 3 +2 | heavy duty (laundry) detergent |
Bernd Runge
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Proposed translations
Germany
25 years' technical translation, CHEMIST
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English
(general) laundry detergent
see:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waschmittel#Vollwaschmittel
Vollwaschmittel
Vollwaschmittel (Kochwaschmittel) sind meist pulverförmige Waschmittel für Textilien. Sie sind für alle Temperaturbereiche (20 °C bis 95 °C), die meisten Textilien und Waschverfahren geeignet. Vollwaschmittel verlieren jedoch an Bedeutung zugunsten von Buntwaschmitteln.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-03-17 16:26:11 GMT)
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aka general purpose laundry detergents, universal laundry detergents
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Michele Johnson
: All-purpose; I have to agree about the heavy-duty thing.
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Bernd Runge
: For the sake of a good translation I have to overcome my obstinacy and agree ;-)
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:)
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Nicole Y. Adams, M.A.
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Germany
Specialized in Technology & Engineering
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
Works in: English to German, German to English
heavy duty (laundry) detergent
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Inge Meinzer
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Danke Inge - die Hausfrauen unter sich? ;-)
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Subbanna
: subbanna
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Thank you, Subbanna.
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Nicole Büchel
: als altes Waschweib stimme ich auch zu ;-)
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Danke, Nicole. Na, das ist doch mal ein Bekenntnis!
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Gillian Scheibelein
: heavy-duty laundry agents are specialised products containing enzymes etc. The "Voll" refers to the temperature range. Which Langenscheidt has Vollwashmittel?//OK, found it when I spelt it right! Muret-Sanders has all-purpose washing powder BTW!
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Vollwaschmittel n |
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Michele Johnson
: I'm going to have to agree with Gillian here, despite what your dictionary says. For practical purposes it's *not* heavy-duty, because it's designed to work for so many fabrics/temp ranges.
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Hi Michele, having had a good night's sleep I think that Gillian's proposal might work better than mine.
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