German-English translation for "Trümmerhaufen"

"Trümmerhaufen" English translation

Trümmerhaufen
Maskulinum | masculine m

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wreckage, heap of ruins shambles
  • heap of ruins (oder | orod rubble, debris)
    Trümmerhaufen
    wreckage
    Trümmerhaufen
    Trümmerhaufen
  • shambles meistSingular | singular sg
    Trümmerhaufen figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    Trümmerhaufen figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
examples
die Bomben haben die Stadt in einen Trümmerhaufen [Aschenhaufen] verwandelt
the bombs turned the town into a heap of rubble [ashes]
die Bomben haben die Stadt in einen Trümmerhaufen [Aschenhaufen] verwandelt
And it's about rediscovering idealism in all of that wreckage.
Und es geht um die Wiederentdeckung von Idealismus in diesem ganzen Trümmerhaufen.
Source: TED
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