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Verbrenner literally translates to "burner". It's the German word (or rather nickname) for an internal combustion engine powered car.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The guy behind Merz is Markus Söder, in case anyone is wondering. He's the minister president of Bavaria and one of the leading voices of regressive backwardness in Germany.

[–] spechter@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago

Nochmal Bayern!

[–] halfdane@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago

It's a short form of "Verbrennungsmotor", the German word for internal combustion machine, so I'd translate "Verbrenner" to "combustor" 😅