German term
United Kingdom
Humanities, Social Sciences, Psychology
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: German to English, Italian to English
abschließender geschweifter Giebel
"Erbaut 1911 von Ernst Epstein; blockhaft-monumentales neoklassizistisches Zinspalais, über Sockelgeschossen (säulenflankiertes Portal) korinthische Riesenpilasterordnung und abschließender geschweifter Giebel; Palmettendekor."
Many thanks
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Michael Martin, MA
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Lancashireman
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Kim Metzger
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Sep 20, 2018 04:13: NGK changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Sep 28, 2018 11:20: Björn Vrooman changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
PRO (3): Stuart and Aida Nelson, Johanna Timm, PhD, NGK
Non-PRO (4): Herbmione Granger, Lancashireman, Yorkshireman, Björn Vrooman
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Proposed translations
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
curly gable
The images that come up for "curly gable" look similar to the images that come up for "geschweifter Giebel"
https://www.google.de/search?biw=1246&bih=676&tbm=isch&sa=1&...
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Dutch [end] gable
"A Dutch gable or Flemish gable is a gable whose sides have a shape made up of one or more curves..."
Re abschliessend, I'm not sure what this adds to Giebel, although we do speak of an 'end gable' in English.
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Curly gable, eh? My alternative proposal: Gable with twiddly bits.
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Herbmione Granger
: Too bad this was voted PRO. Anna of Curly Gables sounds OK, though ;)
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Thanks. Yes, asker should have told us it was for a teenage readership.
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Björn Vrooman
: "Abschließender" shouldn't have been part of the question, as it simply means "at the top" (with the structure being described from the bottom up as...Säulen...über...). Though twiddly bits does have its charm.
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Thanks. The outcome of this upgraded question should indeed be a source of mirth.
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Yorkshireman
: Definitely a Dutch gable - can be curved or stepped (also an element of Backsteingotik). Abschließender = crowned by a ....
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Reference comments
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
Info
http://www.das-baulexikon.de/lexikon/Schweifgiebel.htm
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweifgiebel
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