winter tire
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winter tire
A car tire with a special rubber compound and a special tread that is optimized for use in cold temperatures, snow, and ice.
Von Oktober bis Ostern sollte man mit Winterreifen fahren.
From October until Easter, you should drive with winter tires.
The word is simply made up of 'Winter' (winter) and 'Reifen' (tire). So it is literally a tire for winter.
Neue Winterreifen können die Sicherheit bei Schnee und Eis deutlich erhöhen.
New winter tires can significantly increase safety in snow and ice.
In connection with winter tires, specific verbs are used. In the fall, you have the tires 'aufziehen' (put on) or 'montieren' (mounted), and in the spring you 'wechseln' (change) them again.
Ich muss dringend einen Termin machen, um die Winterreifen aufziehen zu lassen.
I urgently need to make an appointment to have the winter tires put on.
In Germany, there is a well-known rule of thumb for winter tires: 'von O bis O' (from O to O). This means you should have them on the car from October to Easter. This is not a law, but it is a widely followed recommendation.
Mein Vater erinnert mich jeden Herbst an die „O-bis-O“-Regel für Winterreifen.
My father reminds me every fall of the 'O-to-O' rule for winter tires.