🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Antriebsrad

Pronunciation / Transliteration: an-triebs-rad

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Drive Wheel/draɪv wiːl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das Antriebsrad sorgt dafür, dass das Auto vorwärts fährt."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A wheel that is powered by an engine or motor to propel a vehicle or machinery.

    "The drive wheel of the car ensures that it moves forward when the engine is engaged."
  2. 2

    A wheel that transmits power to other wheels or components in a mechanical system.

    "In the factory, the drive wheel connected to the motor helped in operating the conveyor belt."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'drive wheel' originates from the combination of 'drive', which comes from the Old English 'drīfan', meaning to push or force, and 'wheel', derived from the Proto-Germanic '*hwehlaz'. The term has evolved to denote a wheel that transmits power from a motor to a mechanism, particularly in machinery and vehicles.

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