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kerosene
A fuel obtained from petroleum that is used mainly for the jet engines of aircraft.
Vor dem Langstreckenflug wurde das Flugzeug mit Tausenden Litern Kerosin betankt.
Before the long-haul flight, the plane was filled with thousands of liters of kerosene.
'Kerosin' (kerosene) is the name of a substance and is therefore usually uncountable. It is normally used in the singular and often without an article when talking about the fuel in general.
Der Flughafen hat große Tanks zur Lagerung von Kerosin.
The airport has large tanks for storing kerosene.
Common verbs connected with kerosene are 'tanken' or 'betanken' (to fuel/refuel), 'verbrauchen' (to consume), and 'transportieren' (to transport). You also often hear about 'Kerosinpreisen' (kerosene prices) or 'Kerosinverbrauch' (kerosene consumption).
Ein großes Flugzeug verbraucht mehrere Tonnen Kerosin pro Stunde.
A large airplane consumes several tons of kerosene per hour.
In German, 'Kerosin' (kerosene) is associated almost exclusively with aviation and jet aircraft. This word is not used for car fuel ('Benzin' (gasoline/petrol), 'Diesel' (diesel)) or for heating fuel ('Heizöl' (heating oil)).
Ohne Kerosin könnten moderne Verkehrsflugzeuge nicht fliegen.
Without kerosene, modern passenger airplanes could not fly.
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Petroleum and Kerosin are both flammable liquids made from crude oil, but they are used differently. Petroleum is used mainly as fuel for lamps and heaters. Kerosin, by contrast, is used primarily as fuel for the jet engines of aircraft.
Für den nächsten Flug wird vorsichtig Kerosin in den Tank des Flugzeugs gefüllt.
Kerosene is carefully pumped into the aircraft's tank for the next flight.
Für die alte Lampe füllt sie vorsichtig Petroleum in den Behälter.
She carefully pours kerosene into the old lamp's container.
