I have a German Typewriter,need some <span title="translation................HELP?">translation.................</span>

Question

I have a German Typewriter made by siedel and naumann,dresden,its called an Erika,its very old and on one of the keys it says "Ruck" Transport,the letter u has the two little dots aboe it,what is this,i dont know what Ruck transport is,is it a company in germany or is it saying something else.

Answer 1

The two above me are right.

&quot;Rück&quot; is the shortened form of &quot;Rückwärts&quot;

and it means &quot;backwards&quot;.

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Answer 2

return, go back (rueck).

Answer 3

It means go back - return - carriage return.

Answer 4

ummmm, have you ever heard the term RUCKSAC---meaning back pack ????  Ruck means back or return carriage.

Answer 5

It means nothing more then backspace:))

Answer 6

zuRUCK is back in German so possibly means to send the typer back to start again and anything with a couple of dots  above it is called an umlaut which to us is simply   a=ae......o=oe....u=ue and the key that shows a strange b which is fat at bottom and small at top is for us just a double s...ie ss.............the keys can also be in a different place like the z and y are changed and if you were wanting the @ then it may be ctrl/alt at same time while q on our keyboard......apart from these  i think they are pretty much the same

Answer 7

Hi,

i am from germany and &quot;rueck&quot; with two dots means the same like &quot;back&quot; or &quot;return&quot;...so you can go back...greets from germany,greenday