Verwedeln

English translation: fanning

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German term or phrase:Verwedeln
English translation:fanning
Entered by: Emily Plank

10:04 Jul 10, 2014
German to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel / Sauna & recreational park
German term or phrase: Verwedeln
It's part of a brochure listing various sauna packages in the Nuremberg region of Germany.

One particular package includes an "Aufgussprogramm mit und ohne Verwedeln" (that's the only context)

Can't quite work out what they mean by Verwedeln. Would much appreciate if someone could please help me out.

Thanks in advance!
Emily Plank
Australia
Local time: 15:07
fanning
Explanation:
http://www.lenordik.com/en/aufguss/

Agitating the air in a sauna.

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Note added at 31 mins (2014-07-10 10:36:21 GMT)
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany-s-sauna-obsessio...

Article in the English version of Spiegel.de
"Every Thursday the "sauna club" meets in the trendy Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg to sweat out their worries together. The high point of the ritual is when the bankrupt, beer-bellied sauna owner, Jost, comes in for the Aufguss (literally "infusion"), which involves throwing water on to the wood fire and fanning the steam in the faces of the expectant sauna-goers with his spinning towel."

Here's a well written blog with an article about visiting a sauna:

http://mikepainter123.blogspot.de/2013/07/the-sauna.html



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Note added at 35 mins (2014-07-10 10:40:20 GMT)
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An amusing article about taking a sauna in Munich:

http://butidontlikebeer.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/naked-time/

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Note added at 2 days3 hrs (2014-07-12 13:20:42 GMT)
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Nice picture of a Saunameister beim wedeln (seitlich). Luft wird dadurch verwedelt.

http://www.spacamp.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IST_Saunam...
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Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 08:07
Grading comment
Many thanks!!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2fanning
Yorkshireman
4 +1circulate (the hot air)
Berit Kostka, PhD
4Steam
Nick Brisland, BA (Hons)


Discussion entries: 5





  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
circulate (the hot air)


Explanation:
wikipedia on sauna:

"...Contrary to Russia and Nordic countries, pouring water on hot stones to increase humidity (Aufguss, lit: "Onpouring") is not normally done by the sauna visitors themselves - larger sauna areas have a person in charge (the Saunameister) for that, either an employee of the sauna complex or a volunteer. Aufguss sessions can take up to 10 minutes, and take place according to a schedule. During an Aufguss session the Saunameister uses a large towel to circulate the hot air through the sauna, intensifying sweating and the perception of heat...."

here the full article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauna#Europe

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Note added at 11 mins (2014-07-10 10:15:42 GMT)
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i.e., in the brochure they are advertising Aufgüsse after which the air is distributed within the sauna - or not.

Berit Kostka, PhD
Türkiye
Local time: 10:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  billcorno (X): According to TonyTK's link in the discussion, "Verwedeln" is caused by the "Aufguss". It looks like movement of air to me.
1 day 9 hrs
  -> Thanks Bill!

neutral  Yorkshireman: Ooops! sorry - I misread billcorno's agreement and commented on that. We are, it appears, both right with our circulating and agitating.
2 days 3 hrs
  -> Hi Yorkshireman, I understood that ;-) And fanning also circlulates the air...
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Steam


Explanation:
'Infusion programme with or without steam'

Duden.de shows 'verschleiern' as an alternative, which dict.leo.org translates as 'to fog', 'to cloud' (among other things). So in the context of a sauna, 'to steam' seems to fit.


    Reference: http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/verwedeln
    Reference: http://dict.leo.org/#/search=verschleiern&searchLoc=0&result...
Nick Brisland, BA (Hons)
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fanning


Explanation:
http://www.lenordik.com/en/aufguss/

Agitating the air in a sauna.

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Note added at 31 mins (2014-07-10 10:36:21 GMT)
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany-s-sauna-obsessio...

Article in the English version of Spiegel.de
"Every Thursday the "sauna club" meets in the trendy Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg to sweat out their worries together. The high point of the ritual is when the bankrupt, beer-bellied sauna owner, Jost, comes in for the Aufguss (literally "infusion"), which involves throwing water on to the wood fire and fanning the steam in the faces of the expectant sauna-goers with his spinning towel."

Here's a well written blog with an article about visiting a sauna:

http://mikepainter123.blogspot.de/2013/07/the-sauna.html



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Note added at 35 mins (2014-07-10 10:40:20 GMT)
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An amusing article about taking a sauna in Munich:

http://butidontlikebeer.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/naked-time/

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Note added at 2 days3 hrs (2014-07-12 13:20:42 GMT)
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Nice picture of a Saunameister beim wedeln (seitlich). Luft wird dadurch verwedelt.

http://www.spacamp.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IST_Saunam...

Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 08:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Many thanks!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): You're hot!
1 day 52 mins
  -> Thanks, Ramey. In more ways than one, it's 35° on our patio :-)

agree  Dr. Mara Huber
2 days 1 hr
  -> THX, Mara
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