Hochwasser

Related words

• Schneeschmelze

  Snowmelt

• Treibgut

  Driftwood

• Deichbruch

  Levee breach

• Anschüttung

  Embankment

• Warft

  Mound, artificial dwelling hill

• Sturmflut

  Storm surge

• Flutkatastrophe

  Flood disaster

• wegschwemmen

  To wash away, to sweep away

• unpassierbar

  Impassable

• Überflutung

  Flooding is a situation where a normally dry area is covered with water, often due to heavy rain or overflowing rivers.

• Flut

  A flood is a large amount of water covering normally dry land; also used figuratively for a large amount of something.

• Deich

  Dyke, Levee

• Damm

  dam

• Treibholz

  Driftwood is wood that has been washed onto a shore or beach by the action of water.

• Evakuierung

  Evacuation

• Überschwemmung

  flood

• Wurt

  Mound

• Sandsack

  sandbag

Example sentences with “Hochwasser”

1. Das Hochwasser hat die Keller überflutet. (The flood has inundated the basements.)

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