Gletscher
derNounGerman translations
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German meaning: Ein Gletscher ist eine große Eismasse, die sich langsam bewegt. English meaning: glacier Synonym: Eisstrom, Firnfeld German example: Der Gletscher schmilzt aufgrund der globalen Erwärmung. English example: The glacier is melting due to global warming. Type: Noun Article: der Singular Form: der Gletscher Plural Form: die Gletscher
- 02
glacier
- 03
Glacier
- 04
jokul
Word details
- German meaning
- Ein großer Stein, der durch Gletscher transportiert wurde und nun in einer Gegend liegt, in der er geologisch nicht hingehört.
- English meaning
- Erratic
- Synonym
- erratischer Block
- German example
- Der Findling ist ein beliebtes Ausflugsziel.
- English example
- The erratic is a popular destination for excursions.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- der
- Singular Form
- der Findling
- Plural Form
- die Findlinge
Related words
- Toteis
Dead ice
- Karsee
Tarn (corrie loch)
- Eiszeitalter
An ice age is a long period in Earth's history when large parts of the Earth's surface are covered in ice.
- gefahrvoll
Perilous, dangerous
- glazifluvial
Glaciofluvial
- Moräne
A moraine is a ridge or mound of glacial debris deposited by a glacier.
- Sander
Outwash plain
- Gletscherspalte
Crevasse
- Salzgletscher
Salt glacier
- Schmelze
Melt
- Aufschmelzung
Melting
- allochthon
Allochthonous
- glazial
Glacial means relating to ice ages or formed by glaciers.
- kryophil
Cryophilic
- Eisberg
iceberg
- Gletschereis
Glacier ice is a form of ice that forms through the compression and freezing of snow over long periods in glaciers.
- Glaziologie
glaciology
- Todestal
Dead ice valley
- Glazial
Glacial
- Eiskappe
ice cap
- Kar
Cirque
- Eisbohrkern
An ice core is a cylindrical sample of ice removed from a glacier or ice sheet to obtain information about past climate conditions.
- Förde
Firth
- Firne
firn
- Firne
firn
- Abschmelzung
Melting
- Geschiebe
Drift
- fluvioglazial
Fluvioglacial
- kälteliebend
Psychrophilic
- subglazial
Subglacial
- firn
Firn
- geomorphologisch
Geomorphological means relating to geomorphology, which is the study of the Earth's surface and the processes that shape it.
- Gletscherspalte
Crevasse
- Gletscherschmelze
glacier melt
- Gletschereis
glacier ice
- Gletscherschmelze
deglaciation
- Salzgletscher
salt glacier
- Vergletscherung
Glaciation
- Vergletscherung
glaciation