[T3] Wolf, translated into German...

Brian Fye bfye at canyonville.net
Tue Jun 28 17:36:17 PDT 2011


120!!!  Is it okay if I vam completely jealous?

On 6/28/11, Dave Hall <dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> The Squareback is called a Variant by VW, the Notchback is a Stufenheck and
> the Fastback is a Fliesheck.  The general opinion is that in the USA, the
> Valiant was too close to Variant for that name to be used.  In the UK,
> Variant is often (incorrectly) used for any Type 3, thus some people say
> Variant Fastback!
>
> Back from Germany, but pretty tired.  Great event, with about 120 Type 3s,
> mostly in a beautiful state.
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
> ===================
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of J. Jonik
> Sent: 20 June 2011 06:38
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: [T3] Wolf, translated into German...
>
> Re Wolfsburg, Germany....the mecca of VW...
>
> Interesting that just about the only animal name that's the same in English
> and German is "wolf ".
>   "Adolf", also interestingly, means "noble wolf".
>  "Bug", on the other hand, is  "Insekt"
>  And "Beetle" is  Käfer".
>
>  "Squareback" and "Hatchback" are probably some idioms that only a traveler
> will tell us about.   Please do.
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