Technical Terms
A table is available here containing specialist guitar vocabulary and the German/English translations, sorted alphabetically both in German and in English.
| German | English |
| (Tonabnehmer-)Spule | Bobbin, Coil |
| 5-/3-fach Schalter | Toggle-Switch |
| Abdeckplatte | Backplate |
| Achse | Axis |
| Ahorn | Maple |
| Banjo | Banjo |
| Beilagscheibe | washer |
| Brücke, Steg | Bridge |
| Buchse/Hohlschraube | Bushing |
| Buchsenplatte | Jack socket |
| Bund | Fret |
| Bünde | Frets |
| Ebenholz | Ebony |
| Einfassung | Binding |
| Einstellrad | Thumb wheel |
| Erle | Alder |
| Esche | Ash |
| Flügel | Button |
| Gegenlager | thrust bearing |
| Gehäuse | case, housing |
| genarbt | grained |
| glatt | plain |
| Griffbrett | Fingerboard |
| Griffbrett | Fretboard |
| Griffbrett Einlagen | Position markers |
| Gurtknopf | Endpin |
| Hals | Neck |
| Halsschraube | Truss Rod |
| Halsstab | Truss Rod |
| handpoliert | hand-polished |
| Hohlschraube | banjo bolt |
| Humbucker (zweispulig) | Humbucker (twin) |
| Klang | Tone |
| Klemmmechanik | Locking Tuners |
| Klemmsattel | Locking nut |
| Klinkenbuchse | Jack socket |
| Kopfplatte | Headstock |
| Korpus | Body |
| Korpus (Massiv) | Solidbody |
| Lautstärke | Volume |
| Linde | Basswood |
| Mahagoni | Mahogany |
| Mandoline | Mandolin |
| maschinenpoliert | machine-polished |
| matt | dull |
| Mechaniken | Machine Heads |
| Mechaniken | Tuners |
| Mechaniken | Tuning keys |
| Mechaniken | Pegs |
| Mensur | Scale |
| Messerkante | knife edge |
| Messing | Brass |
| Metallplatte | Neckplate |
| Nullbund | Zero fret |
| Palisander | Rosewood |
| Pappel | Poplar |
| Pick-up-Wahlschalter | Pickup toggle switch |
| Polstücke | Polepieces |
| Potentiometerknöpfe | Speed Knobs |
| Punkteinlagen | Dot-Inlays |
| Rechtecke | Block-Inlays |
| Saiten | Strings |
| Saitenhalter | Stoptailpiece |
| Saitenhalter | Tailpiece |
| Saitenhalter | Bridge |
| Saitenniederhalter | String-Tree |
| Saitenstärke | Gauge, String thickness |
| Sattel | Nut, Top nut |
| Schalter | Toggle switches |
| Schlagbrett | Pickguard |
| Schlagbrett | Scratchplate |
| Singlecoils (einspulig) | Singlecoils |
| Stahl | Steel |
| Steg | Bridge |
| Tonabnehmer | Pickups |
| Übersetzungsverhältnis | Gear ratio |
| Ukulele | Ukulele |
| Unterlegscheibe | washer |
| verstellbarer Stahlstab | Trussrod |
| Vibrato Steg/Saitenhalter | Tailpiece |
| Vibrato-Abdeckplatte | Backplate |
| Vibratohebel (Jammerhaken) | Tremolo arm |
| Walnuß | Walnut |
| Zinkdruckguß | Zinc die casting |
| Buchse | bushing |
| Bunddraht | fret wire |
| English | German |
| Alder | Erle |
| Ash | Esche |
| Axis | Achse |
| Backplate | Abdeckplatte |
| Backplate | Vibrato-Abdeckplatte |
| Banjo | Banjo |
| banjo bolt | Hohlschraube |
| Basswood | Linde |
| Binding | Einfassung |
| Block-Inlays | Rechtecke |
| Bobbin, Coil | (Tonabnehmer-)Spule |
| Body | Korpus |
| Brass | Messing |
| Bridge | Brücke, Steg |
| Bridge | Saitenhalter |
| Bridge | Steg |
| Bushing | Buchse/Hohlschraube |
| bushing | Buchse |
| Button | Flügel |
| case, housing | Gehäuse |
| Dot-Inlays | Punkteinlagen |
| dull | matt |
| Ebony | Ebenholz |
| Endpin | Gurtknopf |
| Fingerboard | Griffbrett |
| Fret | Bund |
| fret wire | Bunddraht |
| Fretboard | Griffbrett |
| Frets | Bünde |
| Gauge | Saitenstärke |
| Gear ratio | Übersetzungsverhältnis |
| grained | genarbt |
| hand-polished | handpoliert |
| Headstock | Kopfplatte |
| Humbucker (twin) | Humbucker (zweispulig) |
| Jack socket | Buchsenplatte |
| Jack socket | Klinkenbuchse |
| knife edge | Messerkante |
| Locking nut | Klemmsattel |
| Locking Tuners | Klemmmechanik |
| Machine Heads | Mechaniken |
| machine-polished | maschinenpoliert |
| Mahogany | Mahagoni |
| Mandolin | Mandoline |
| Maple | Ahorn |
| Neck | Hals |
| Neckplate | Metallplatte |
| Nut, Top nut | Sattel |
| Pegs | Mechaniken |
| Pickguard | Schlagbrett |
| Pickup toggle switch | Pick-up-Wahlschalter |
| Pickups | Tonabnehmer |
| plain | glatt |
| Polepieces | Polstücke |
| Poplar | Pappel |
| Position markers | Griffbrett Einlagen |
| Rosewood | Palisander |
| Scale | Mensur |
| Scratchplate | Schlagbrett |
| Singlecoils | Singlecoils (einspulig) |
| Solidbody | Korpus (Massiv) |
| Speed Knobs | Potentiometerknöpfe |
| Steel | Stahl |
| Stoptailpiece | Saitenhalter |
| Strings | Saiten |
| String-Tree | Saitenniederhalter |
| String thickness | Saitenstärke |
| Tailpiece | Saitenhalter |
| Tailpiece | Vibrato Steg/Saitenhalter |
| thrust bearing | Gegenlager |
| Thumb wheel | Einstellrad |
| Toggle switches | Schalter |
| Toggle-Switch | 5-/3-fach Schalter |
| Tone | Klang |
| Tremolo arm | Vibratohebel (Jammerhaken) |
| Truss Rod | Halsschraube |
| Truss Rod | Halsstab |
| Trussrod | verstellbarer Stahlstab |
| Tuners | Mechaniken |
| Tuning keys | Mechaniken |
| Ukulele | Ukulele |
| Volume | Lautstärke |
| Walnut | Walnuß |
| washer | Beilagscheibe |
| washer | Unterlegscheibe |
| Zero fret | Nullbund |
| Zinc die casting | Zinkdruckguß |
