diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index ab1a3d98..c7bb07a5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2393,6 +2393,7 @@ Christoph Haubrich <christoph1.haubrich@arcor.de>
  cSkinDisplayMenu::SetItemEvent()
  for reporting that the source recording was not deleted after moving it to a different
  volume
+ for suggesting to replace "Schnitt" with "Bearbeitung" in the German OSD texts
 
 Pekka Mauno <pekka.mauno@iki.fi>
  for fixing cSchedule::GetFollowingEvent() in case there is currently no present
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index e77122f9..d992eb54 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -8158,3 +8158,9 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Now making sure the primary device goes into transfer mode for live viewing if the
   CAM wants to receive the TS data.
 - Fixed a wrong alignment in cCiDateTime::SendDateTime().
+- Since the new cRecordingsHandler that was introduced in version 2.1.2 not only
+  handles "cutting", but also "moving" and "copying" recordings, the German word
+  "Schnitt" has been replaced with the more generic "Bearbeitung", which covers all
+  three variations of "editing" a recording (suggested by Christoph Haubrich).
+  Maintainers of translations for other languages may want to change their *.po files
+  accordingly.
diff --git a/po/de_DE.po b/po/de_DE.po
index 136855b3..7d69ce05 100644
--- a/po/de_DE.po
+++ b/po/de_DE.po
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ msgid "Delete recording?"
 msgstr "Aufzeichnung löschen?"
 
 msgid "Recording is being edited - really delete?"
-msgstr "Aufzeichnung wird geschnitten - trotzdem löschen?"
+msgstr "Aufzeichnung wird bearbeitet - trotzdem löschen?"
 
 msgid "Error while deleting recording!"
 msgstr "Fehler beim Löschen der Aufzeichnung!"
@@ -1283,13 +1283,13 @@ msgstr "Weiter"
 
 #. TRANSLATORS: note the leading blank!
 msgid " Cancel editing"
-msgstr " Schneiden abbrechen"
+msgstr " Bearbeitung abbrechen"
 
 msgid "Stop recording?"
 msgstr "Aufzeichnung beenden?"
 
 msgid "Cancel editing?"
-msgstr "Schneiden abbrechen?"
+msgstr "Bearbeitung abbrechen?"
 
 msgid "No audio available!"
 msgstr "Kein Audio verfügbar!"
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ msgid "Can't shutdown - option '-s' not given!"
 msgstr "Ausschalten unmöglich - Option '-s' fehlt!"
 
 msgid "Editing - shut down anyway?"
-msgstr "Schnitt läuft - trotzdem ausschalten?"
+msgstr "Bearbeitung läuft - trotzdem ausschalten?"
 
 msgid "Recording - shut down anyway?"
 msgstr "Aufnahme läuft - trotzdem ausschalten?"
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ msgid "Plugin %s wakes up in %ld min, continue?"
 msgstr "Plugin %s wacht in %ld Min auf, weiter?"
 
 msgid "Editing - restart anyway?"
-msgstr "Schnitt läuft - trotzdem neu starten?"
+msgstr "Bearbeitung läuft - trotzdem neu starten?"
 
 msgid "Recording - restart anyway?"
 msgstr "Aufnahme läuft - trotzdem neu starten?"
@@ -1476,10 +1476,10 @@ msgid "Switching primary DVB..."
 msgstr "Primäres Interface wird umgeschaltet..."
 
 msgid "Editing process failed!"
-msgstr "Schnitt gescheitert!"
+msgstr "Bearbeitung gescheitert!"
 
 msgid "Editing process finished"
-msgstr "Schnitt beendet"
+msgstr "Bearbeitung beendet"
 
 msgid "Press any key to cancel restart"
 msgstr "Taste drücken, um Neustart abzubrechen"