|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Registered
|
Porsche German Pronunciation Question
But not the one you're thinking of!
I just recently started taking a German Class, and was wondering how in German they say car names like "911", "944", etc. I can think of a few: Neun-Eine-Eine Elfundneunhundert Neun-elf etc.. Anyone know for sure? Thanks! Chuck
__________________
1980 911 SC Targa *Sold!* 2003 Boxster 2013 Beetle Turbo cab |
||
03-27-2003, 08:45 AM
|
|
|
Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 55,985
|
I believe slang for 911's is "elfer" and I believe I've seen here or rennlist references to Neum-elf
__________________
Steve '08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960 - never named a car before, but this is Charlotte. '88 targa  SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
|
||
|
03-27-2003, 09:15 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Viera FL
Posts: 5,642
|
Most common that I have run into
Neun-elf - 911 Neun-vierundvierzig - 944 Neun-dreizig - 930 Neun-vierundsechzig - 964 Neun-dreiundneunzig - 993 Neun-neunundfunfzig - 959 Have also heard it in the long form... Neunhundertelf etc. AFJuvat
__________________
Es geht nicht darum wie schnell man faehrt, sondern wie gut man schnell fahren kann. Ihr Brunnen der nutzlosen Porsche Information Last edited by AFJuvat; 03-27-2003 at 07:28 PM.. |
||
|
03-27-2003, 09:31 AM
|
|
|
Moderator
|
Yeah, what Steve and Mike said.
It inspired me to get "ELFER" as the number plate for my '75 (if I ever get it back on the road). Note, ELFER implies the car is male. I wonder how the Germans would treat it if one car had ELFER and the other ELFIN (the feminine, I think).
__________________
1975 911S (in bits) 1969 911T (goes, but need fettling) 1973 BMW 2002tii (in bits, now with turbo) |
||
|
03-27-2003, 01:43 PM
|
|
1975, 1969 Porsche 911S, 911T 2.7S CIS, 2.0T ca
