| Trennschalter | disconnector |
| Trennschärfe | definition |
| Totmannschalter | dead man's switch |
| Stufenschalter | multi position switch on-load tap-changer tap changer |
| einschalten | turn on switch on put into operation put on intervene interpolate |
| Druckschalter | push-button |
| freischalten | unlock |
| Trennpaste | anti-seize |
| Trendsetter | hipster |
| Rennschlitten | bobsleigh |
| Brennschere | curling iron hair iron |
| Rentenalter | retirement age |
| Klinkenschalter | latch |
| Kernschatten | umbra |
| Regenschauer | rain shower |
| anschalten | switch on |
| Bitschalter | flag |
| FI-Schalter | residual-current device |
| Hebelschalter | toggle switch |
| Kippschalter | toggle switch |