| German |
English |
description |
| Flett |
? |
space with the hearth, may be related to the cross passage in english hall houses. |
| Deele, Diele |
hall |
working space in traditional german houses, later lobby in modern houses. |
| Kübbung |
? |
side aisles normally for the animals |
| Dachfirst |
ridge |
|
| Hürden |
hurdling, fold yard |
|
| Wohnstallhaus |
byre-dwelling |
- |
| Pfosten |
post, pillar |
vertical wooden beam. Base may be buried in the ground. |
| Ständer |
post, pillar |
principal vertical wooden part. Base not buried in the ground ! |
| Sparrendach |
tie-beam roof? |
- |
| Flechtwerk |
wattle? |
wooden part of wattle and daub |
| Reetdach |
thatched roof |
or reeds? |
| Ständerbauweise |
design using pillars |
The principal load carrying posts are inside the structure, not on the outer walls in contrast maybe to box-framing. |
| Zweiständerhaus |
two-pillar house |
maybe leave the German word and add a simple explanation |
| Dreiständerhaus |
three-pillar house |
maybe leave the German word and add a simple explanation |
| Vierständerhaus |
four-pillar house |
maybe leave the German word and add a simple explanation |
| Deckenbalken |
tie beam |
- |
| Dachtraufen |
eaves |
- |
| Dachsparren |
rafter |
- |
| Auflanger |
? |
- |
| Aufschiebling |
? |
- |
| Hille, Hiehle |
? |
- |
| Kopfband |
brace |
- |
| Satteldach |
Saddle roof |
- |
| Walmdach |
Hip roof |
- |
| Krüppelwalmdach |
? |
(not dutch gable) |
| Dreschen |
threshing |
done in the Diele during winter |
| Schwibbogen |
flying buttress |
upper arched part of a niche (here above the oven); look up the German page for Strebebogen ;in this situation flying buttress is absolutly wrong. This is not a supporting, lean to structure but a sort of self supporting vaulted roof to an oven constructed of bricks. |
