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Senke

depression

noun ZEN-ker Rare
Travel & Places Geography

Origin: from senken, to lower

Also means

hollow

Usage Note

Senke is feminine and names a low-lying basin where water and cold air collect. Geologists use it for tectonic basins; in everyday terms it is simply the Senke im Gelände where fog pools.

Examples

"In der Senke sammelte sich der Nebel."

Natural Translation

Fog collected in the depression.

Literal Translation

In the depression collected itself the fog.

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