With all the encouragement I give others to learn French before they, you know, move to France, I’ve forgotten to mention that you’ll often encounter appliances with German on them. I don’t know what they’re doing here in France, maybe they’re cheap.
All I know is, we just set the dishwasher to “Universal Plus” and let it do its thing. I’ll have to see if WordReference can tell me what KALT VORSPÜLEN is…
–Mike
It means Cold (Kalt) pre(vor)-rinse(spülen). I recommend dict.leo.org as a translation tool for German.
I was about to suggest the same thing
That website has never failed me, even back in secondary school when I used it for my German class (for assignments like translating a random news clipping).
If it is a Miele (I think they have the “Universal Plus” named programmes, but maybe others too), you can try to find the User Manual here:
http://miele.com/manuals/display_manuals.asp?nav=400&snav=455&tnav=460&oT=224&menu_id=61
or older models in their archive:
http://miele.com/manuals/search_manuals.asp?nav=400&snav=455&tnav=460&oT=225
BTW, Miele products are not cheap
josch
Programm = Program
Kalt vorspuelen = pre-rinse with cold water
Spar = Economy
Reinigen = Clean
Zwischenspuelen = intermediate stage rinse
Klarspuelen = rinse clear (i.e. final rinse)
Trocknen = dry
Ende = end
Aus = off
Temperatur = Temperature
> BTW, Miele products are not cheap
Yeah I definitely meant “cheap” in the way of “less expensive to buy” rather than “poorly made.” This dishwasher has served us well!