Flutwelle
German
Etymology
From Flut (“flood”) + Welle (“wave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfluːtˌvɛlə/
Audio (Austria): (file) Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Hyphenation: Flut‧wel‧le
Noun
Flutwelle f (genitive Flutwelle, plural Flutwellen)
- tidal wave (tsunami)
- 1953, Ray Bradbury, translated by Fritz Güttinger, Fahrenheit 451:
- Sie sprangen ins Leere und klammersten sich an die Messingstange, als wäre sie das letzte, was aus einer unter ihnen hinweggehenden Flutwelle aufragte, und dann beföderte die Stange sie zu ihrer Bestuerzung ins Dunkel hinunter, in das Fauchen und Räuspern des Drachens hinein, der mit Getöse zum Leben erwachte.
[…]
Er trat aus dem Fluß. Wie eine Flutwelle stürzte das Land auf ihn zu.- They leaped into the air and clutched the brass pole as if it were the last vantage point above a tidal wave passing below, and then the brass pole, to their dismay, slid them down into darkness, into the blast and cough and suction of the gaseous dragon roaring to life!
[…]
He stepped from the river. The land rushed at him, a tidal wave.
- They leaped into the air and clutched the brass pole as if it were the last vantage point above a tidal wave passing below, and then the brass pole, to their dismay, slid them down into darkness, into the blast and cough and suction of the gaseous dragon roaring to life!
Declension
Declension of Flutwelle [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Flutwelle | die | Flutwellen |
| genitive | einer | der | Flutwelle | der | Flutwellen |
| dative | einer | der | Flutwelle | den | Flutwellen |
| accusative | eine | die | Flutwelle | die | Flutwellen |