# German language help needed. Car cigar lighter?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 17, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-language-help-needed-car-cigar-lighter/500055 "2009-06-17T11:16:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-language-help-needed-car-cigar-lighter/500055/1 "2009-06-17T11:16:20Z")

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I need to find the cigar lighter fuse on a E36 BMW 316 but the diagram is in German. What could be the word for cigar lighter?

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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-language-help-needed-car-cigar-lighter/500055/2 "2009-06-17T11:22:40Z")

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Zigarrefeuerzeug?

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**Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-language-help-needed-car-cigar-lighter/500055/3 "2009-06-17T11:30:57Z")

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No.

I searched the diagram for all the words from here [dict.cc dictionary :: cigarette lighter :: English-German translation](http://www.dict.cc/english-german/cigarette+lighter.html) or any word containing _zigarett_ or _feuer_ but couldn’t find any.

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**Author:** ![NBYodo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9a28c/32.png) [@NBYodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NBYodo)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-language-help-needed-car-cigar-lighter/500055/4 "2009-06-17T11:40:58Z")

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Zigarettenanzünder

[http://dict.leo.org/](http://dict.leo.org/) is better 😉

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**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-language-help-needed-car-cigar-lighter/500055/5 "2009-06-17T13:35:36Z")

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I had to guess at the year, and could only find 318 (not 316) so this could be wrong: fuse 32. That’s for the front lighter - it’s different for the rear lighter or a charging socket.

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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-language-help-needed-car-cigar-lighter/500055/6 "2009-06-17T13:58:02Z")

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> [@Gary\_T](#):
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> I had to guess at the year, and could only find 318 (not 316) so this could be wrong: fuse 32. That’s for the front lighter - it’s different for the rear lighter or a charging socket.

Thanks Gary! In the meantime I found this: [http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2008/02/12/bmw-e36-fuse-box-relay-layout/](http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2008/02/12/bmw-e36-fuse-box-relay-layout/) which also agrees.

Looks like No 32 is the winner. Problem is the owner had to go and left with the car 😛 When he comes back I will write the word down because I am quite sure I couldn’t find anything with zigarett or feuer. 😕