Inbusschlüssel

German

Alternative forms

• Imbusschlüssel (misspelling)

Etymology

Compound of the trademark Inbus (abbreviation of “Innensechskantschraube Bauer und Schaurte”) of the company Bauer & Schaurte and Schlüssel (“key”). The term has entered generic usage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪnbʊsˌʃlʏsl̩]

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• Hyphenation: In‧bus‧schlüs‧sel
• Rhymes: -ʏsl̩

Noun

Inbusschlüssel m (strong, genitive Inbusschlüssels, plural Inbusschlüssel)

1. hex key, Allen key

   Synonym: Innensechskantschlüssel

Declension

Declension of Inbusschlüssel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Inbusschlüssel	die	Inbusschlüssel
genitive	eines	des	Inbusschlüssels	der	Inbusschlüssel
dative	einem	dem	Inbusschlüssel	den	Inbusschlüsseln
accusative	einen	den	Inbusschlüssel	die	Inbusschlüssel

Related terms

• Inbusschraube

Further reading

• “Inbusschlüssel” in Duden online