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Sturmflut

die Sturmflut

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Meaning

[1] Water congestion whipped by storm on coastal diet causes the destruction of dikes and bank fortifications, land demolition and urgent floods, particularly on flat coasts (such as on the North Sea)

[1] von Sturm gepeitschter Wasseranstau an Küsten; verursacht besonders an Flachküsten (wie an der Nordsee) die Zerstörung von Deichen und Uferbefestigungen, Landabriss und weit ins Land dringende Überschwemmungen

Examples

[1] In the storm surge in 1962, 340 people had to let their life

[1] In der Sturmflut 1962 mussten 340 Menschen ihr Leben lassen.

[1] "But soon the storm floods, which rinse the village again and again, first changes" "

[1] „Doch bald schon erzwangen die Sturmfluten, die immer wieder das Dorf überspülten, erste Veränderungen.“

[1] "As with a storm surge, the anger rinses through the parliaments in the north"

[1] „Wie bei einer Sturmflut spült die Wut durch die Parlamente im Norden.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Sturmflut die Sturmfluten
Genitiv der Sturmflut der Sturmfluten
Dativ der Sturmflut den Sturmfluten
Akkusativ die Sturmflut die Sturmfluten

Pronunciation

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