Lol:
— I thought the German term for a pawl (translated into English) is: Thethingthatpreventstheratchetwheelfromspinning-backwardsbyreasonofthetorsionenergyofthecoilspring
— You ment: Dasdingdasverhindertdassdaszahnradsich-wiederdurchdievonderfederverursachtespannungzurückdreht. Yes, sometimes it is called that.
— Yes, that’s it! I knew I’d seen it somewhere…