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<p>There exist a plethora of different camping fuels, each with their own <a href="https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/31/whats-the-difference-between-white-gas-propane-kerosene-and-gasoline">advantages and disadvantages</a>. Depending on your cooking equipment (mainly the used stove/burner) and the environmental conditions it is generally quite important to know which fuel to buy and use.</p>

<p>This is made a lot harder by the many different names that are used all over the world for the same fuel types - and aggravated by the fact that some of the translations actually do use the same terms, but to describe entirely different fuel types.<sup><a href="https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/31/whats-the-difference-between-white-gas-propane-kerosene-and-gasoline">1</a></sup></p>

<p>What are the different names for the most common camping fuel types in:</p>

<ul>
<li>English (US, UK, CAN)</li>
<li>German</li>
<li>French</li>
<li>Spanish</li>
<li>... ?</li>
</ul>

<p>The goal is to provide a list of translations that allows prospective campers to look up which terms to use in the area they're planning to go to ensure they'll actually get the right fuel.</p>

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<p><sup><a href="https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/31/whats-the-difference-between-white-gas-propane-kerosene-and-gasoline">1</a></sup>: E.g. German knows the term 'Petrol' but it means something completely different than petrol in US or UK English - and if you were to try to burn Petrol in your petrol stove, you would have a <em>bad time</em><sup>TM</sup> (and vice versa)...</p>