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das Knöllchen (-, slang)  parking ticket

Sie haben an der Windschutzscheibe ein Knöllchen vorgefunden. Ihr Fahrzeug war falsch geparkt oder Ihr TÜV ist abgelaufen. Was geht's weiter?
You found a parking ticket on your windshield. Your vehicle was illegally parked or your TÜV* has expired. What do you do now?

*TÜV = vehicle inspection certificate from the Technischer Überwachungsverein (TÜV, pron. tuyf)

Related: der Strafzettel parking/speeding ticket, der Busszettel parking/speeding ticket

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