Inselkopf in English?

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Hi, what do you call an ‘Inselkopf’ in English? Here some images: Inselköpfe

Many thanks,
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]

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It seems to me that some of those pictures would be called ‘traffic islands’. And the pictures of ‘Inselstein’ seem to be just an island in the middle of a lake for example. So ‘Inselstein’ could just be ‘island’ and ‘Inselkopf’ traffic island?

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Hi Holly,

I think the “Inselkopf” is the top part of a traffic island, its surface. So maybe, we can call it ‘island head’ or ‘island top’, or ‘island surface’?[YSaerTTEW443543]

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Hi Torsten,

Ok great, I’ll go with ‘island surface’.

Thanks,
Holly

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Since it’s clear from the context what kind of island we are talking about ‘island surface’ seems the most logical expression to me too so we should go for it…[YSaerTTEW443543]

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It really depends whether you mean

Traffic Island
South Seas Island …etc

From the Google link I see several possible contexts.

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Hi Rob,

Many thanks for your suggestions. As Holly said in her post we are talking about traffic islands.
Regards,
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]

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How about Kerb? or do you actually mean the whole surface?

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I think ‘kerb’ would be a bit too general. I like ‘island surface’ more. What is your take on that?[YSaerTTEW443543]

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Kerb would refer specifically to the edge of the traffic island, where for instance one would stand … or where the road meets the island.

If you actually mean the WHOLE surface of the traffic island …

“surface of the traffic island” or “traffic island surface”

would be much better.

To compound the above excessively could cause confusion.

Others could be

traffic island paving
traffic island walkway