elevator

Fahrstuhl

A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building

• We went down by elevator.

  Wir fuhren mit dem Aufzug hinunter.

  Tatoeba · marcelostockle · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Is there an elevator here?

  Gibt es hier einen Aufzug?

  Tatoeba · Raizin · CC BY 2.0 FR

Fahrstuhl

Anything that raises or uplifts

Fahrstuhl

A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator)

Fahrstuhl

A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machineselten

Fahrstuhl

A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of boneselten

Fahrstuhl

Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eyeselten

Fahrstuhl

A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear tallerselten