Brandungswelle

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German

Etymology

From Brandung (surf, breakers) +‎ -s- +‎ Welle (wave).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Bran‧dungs‧wel‧le

Noun

Brandungswelle f (genitive Brandungswelle, plural Brandungswellen)

  1. breaking wave, surf wave
    • 1913, Walther Kabel, Ein gefährliches Abenteuer, Georg E. Nagel, page 4:
      Die See lag wie ein Spiegel da, und nur hin und wieder rauschte eine Brandungswelle gegen das sandige Ufer.
      The sea lay there like a mirror, and only now and then a breaking wave swept against the sandy shore.

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