Gaspedal

See also: gaspedal and gas pedal

German

Etymology

Gas (“gas”) +‎ Pedal (“pedal”). Gas, which does not mean “petrol” in German, refers to the fuel-air mixture in the engine, which is regulated by the throttle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːspeˌdaːl/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Gaspedal n (strong, genitive Gaspedals, plural Gaspedale)

1. throttle; accelerator; accelerator pedal

Declension

Declension of Gaspedal [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Gaspedal	die	Gaspedale
genitive	eines	des	Gaspedals	der	Gaspedale
dative	einem	dem	Gaspedal	den	Gaspedalen
accusative	ein	das	Gaspedal	die	Gaspedale

Further reading

• “Gaspedal” in Duden online
• “Gaspedal”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)