Nomen

der Überhitzungsschutz

overheating protection, thermal protection, thermal cutout

Der Föhn hat einen Überhitzungsschutz.

The hairdryer has overheating protection.

Der Überhitzungsschutz schaltet das Gerät ab.

The overheating protection switches the device off.

to have ((sth.)) to have sth. The device has an overheating protection.

der Thermoschutz (thermal protection), die Sicherheitsschaltung (safety circuit)

Composed of 'über' (over) + 'Hitzung' (heating) + 'Schutz' (protection). Literally 'over-heating-protection'.

Think of a 'shield' (Schutz) that protects a device from getting 'over' (über) the correct 'heat' (Hitze).

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