Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Verbrauchsmaterial
English translation:
consumables
German term
verbrauchsmaterial
| 5 +7 | consumable material |
Rowan Morrell
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| 5 | disposables (medicine) |
Edith Kelly
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| 4 | expandables, incidentals, comodities |
Johannes Gleim
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| 3 | supplies |
Lori Dendy-Molz
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PRO (1): Steffen Walter
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Proposed translations
New Zealand
Committed to the Customer
Native in: English (Variant: New Zealand) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
consumable material
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Note added at 2002-08-14 13:21:13 (GMT)
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Another option (from Laixicon) is just plain \"consumables\".
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Richard George Elliott
: consumables, usually
8 mins
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| agree |
Trudy Peters
8 mins
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| agree |
Cilian O'Tuama
: consumables
25 mins
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| agree |
Steffen Walter
: well... consumables!
1 hr
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| agree |
Sheila Hardie
: yes, consumables:-)
1 hr
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| agree |
Bob Kerns (X)
: consumables
1 hr
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| agree |
Alan Johnson
: here, here, consumables
2 hrs
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Switzerland
Professional conference interpreter
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Dutch to German, and 4 more.
disposables (medicine)
40 years Engineer, 20 years translations
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German, and 6 more.
expandables, incidentals, comodities
(IndE) expandable material, expandables
laut Schäfer
Verbrauchsmaterial
incidentals,
(Raumf) consumables
laut Ernst
Anmerkung: Schweißelektroden werden ebenfalls als "consumable" bezeichnet
Verbrauchsgegenstand
article of consumption, daily commodity
laut Ernst
Verbrauchsstoffe = comodities laut Ernst
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Note added at 2002-08-14 16:26:02 (GMT)
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correct spelling is:
expendables, incidentals, commodities
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Steffen Walter
: if chosen, terms should be spelled correctly: "exp*e*ndables" or "com*m*odities"
30 mins
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Thank you for the correction. As there is no context, I could only list all possibilities I found
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Germany
Experienced journalist and marketing pro
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English
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