English-German translation for "embankment"

"embankment" German translation

embankment
noun | Substantiv s

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Eindämmung, Eindeichung ErdDamm, Wasserwehr Bahn-, StraßenDamm gemauerte Uferstraße, Kai
  • (Erd)Dammmasculine | Maskulinum m
    embankment retaining water
    Wasserwehrfeminine | Femininum f
    embankment retaining water
    embankment retaining water
  • (Bahn-, Straßen)Dammmasculine | Maskulinum m
    embankment for railway, road
    embankment for railway, road
  • gemauerte Uferstraße, Kaimasculine | Maskulinum m
    embankment road
    embankment road
examples
  • the Victoria (or | oderod Thames) Embankment
    Straße in London am Themseufer
    the Victoria (or | oderod Thames) Embankment
heavy rains washed the embankment
starke Regenfälle unterspültenor | oder od zerstörten den Damm
heavy rains washed the embankment
Die Schlammlawine zerstörte Teile der Bahnlinie sowie der Böschung.
The mudflow pulled out a part of railway together with the embankment.
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