Land unter

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Noun

Land unter n (strong, genitive Lands unter or Landes unter, no plural)

  1. a severe flood; a storm tide
    • 2008 June 20, Caroline Nieder, “Nordfriesland: Keine Angst vor Land unter”, in Die Presse:
      Doch das nächste „Land unter“ kommt bestimmt.
      But the next severe flood is definitely coming.
    • 2009, Hardy Pundt, Deichbruch, Gmeiner-Verlag, →ISBN:
      Ein paar Nordweststürme, hoch auflaufendes Wasser, läuft ja sowieso höher auf nach dem Eindeichen der halben Bucht, dann ist Land unter, es könnte zumindest sein.
      A couple of nor'westers, high-rising water, which of course rises even higher after the damming of the bay, and then it's catastrophic flooding at minimum.
  2. (slang) a situation where one is swamped with work
    • 2013, Joy Castro, Tödlicher Sumpf: Kriminalroman, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, →ISBN, page 169:
      »Bei denen ist Land unter. Es wird ein paar Tage dauern.«
      "They're absolutely swamped with work. It'll take a couple of days."

Descendants

  • English: land under

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