English-German translation for "deluge"

"deluge" German translation

deluge
[ˈdeljuːdʒ]noun | Substantiv s

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Überschwemmung Guss Flut, UnMenge, UnMasse
  • Überschwemmungfeminine | Femininum f, -flutungfeminine | Femininum f
    deluge flood
    deluge flood
  • Gussmasculine | Maskulinum m
    deluge rain
    deluge rain
examples
  • the Deluge bible, biblical bible, biblical | Bibel, biblisch Bibel, biblischBIBEL
    die Sintflut
    the Deluge bible, biblical bible, biblical | Bibel, biblisch Bibel, biblischBIBEL
  • Flutfeminine | Femininum f
    deluge figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    (Un)Mengefeminine | Femininum f
    deluge figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    (Un)Massefeminine | Femininum f
    deluge figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    deluge figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
deluge
[ˈdeljuːdʒ]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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überschwemmen, -fluten
examples
  • deluged with letters figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    mit Briefen überschüttet
    deluged with letters figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • deluged with water
    deluged with water
Die Überschwemmung im nahegelegenen Kilkenny ist so stark wie zuletzt vor 60 Jahren.
The deluge in neighbouring Kilkenny is the worst in 60 years!
Source: Europarl
Es hagelte Beschwerden und kam sogar massenweise zu Hungerstreiks.
It led to a veritable deluge of complaints and even mass hunger strikes.
Source: Europarl
Letztere war eine grauenhafte Öde: etwas, das der Erde ähnlich, als die Sündflut vorüber war.
The last was an awful blank: something like the world when the deluge was gone by.
Source: Books
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