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Überschwemmung

flood

noun uew-ber-SHVEM-moong Rare
Animals & Nature Weather

Also means

inundation

Usage Note

Überschwemmung is feminine (die Überschwemmung), like all -ung nouns; plural Überschwemmungen. It denotes water already covering land from overflowing rivers or heavy rain; a large disaster is a Flutkatastrophe, as in 2002 and 2021.

Examples

"Die Überschwemmung zerstörte viele Häuser in der Tallage."

Natural Translation

The flood destroyed many houses in the valley location.

Literal Translation

The flood destroyed many houses in the valley position.

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