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German
Etymology
überschwemmen (“to flood”) + -ung
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌyːbərˈʃvɛmʊŋ/,
- Hyphenation: Über‧schwem‧mung
Noun
Überschwemmung f (genitive Überschwemmung, plural Überschwemmungen)
- flooding; flood; overflow of a body of water
- Synonyms: (usually only when violent and disastrous) Flut; (broader; need not be an overflow) Hochwasser; (less common) Überflutung
Declension
Declension of Überschwemmung
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