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German
Etymology
Calque of Low German Grote Manndränke, itself a calque of North Frisian Grat Maandreenk (literally “great man-drowning”). The Frisian verb dränk or dreenk (cognate of German tränken, English drench) means “to drown”. Formally, groß + Mann + Tränke.
Proper noun
die Große Manntränke f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Großen Manntränke)
- Second Saint Marcellus's flood (North Sea cyclone of 1362, striking most catastrophically in western Schleswig and Jutland)
- Synonym: Zweite Marcellusflut