Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

D-stolpe

English translation:

D-pillar

Added to glossary by Ulla Lundquist
Oct 27, 2010 10:27
13 yrs ago
Swedish term

D-stolpe

Swedish to English Tech/Engineering Automotive / Cars & Trucks kaross
D-stolpe kallas på bilar med fem dörrar den del av en bils kaross som fungerar som takstöd och är placerad mellan lastutrymmet och bagageluckan
Proposed translations (English)
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D-pillar

I'm pretty sure that's what it is.
Peer comment(s):

agree shewid : Also called D-post in US English
1 min
Thanks - you're right of course :)
agree Charles Ek : It gets my support. :-)
4 mins
Thanks Charles :)
agree Janine Roberts (X) : Yes definitely OK as D-pillar (British English)
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Thanks Janine :)
agree Diarmuid Kennan
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Thanks Diarmuid :)
agree Cynthia Coan : But D-pillar is OK in U.S. English too. In fact, John Dinkel, author of the U.S.-published Road & Track Illustrated Automotive Dictionary, prefers D-pillar to D-post.
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Reference comments

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Reference:

D-pillar definition

In a station wagon or minivan, the fourth or rearmost vertical roof members (after the A-, B-, and C-pillars) that support the rear window and the rear portion of the roof. (Dinkel, John, _Road & Track Illustrated Automotive Dictionary (Cambridge, MA: Bentley Publishers, c2000), pp. 69-70.)
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