# das Schneckengetriebe

das Schneckengetriebe is a German noun meaning “worm drive”. Forms: des Schneckengetriebes, die Schneckengetriebe.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Schneckengetriebes
- Plural: die Schneckengetriebe

## Meanings

1. worm drive, worm and wheel (gear arrangement consisting of a screw (the worm) whose thread meshes with a gear wheel to turn the direction of drive through a right angle, typically with a large (1:10 to 1:60) speed reduction and similar torque increase)
2. worm gear; worm drive; worm and wheel
   - „Beim Handmixer werden die Rührbesen von einem Schneckengetriebe bewegt.“

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