GERMAN · C1WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

die Flut

flood tide; rising tide

Mit der einsetzenden Flut verschwand der schmale Weg im Wasser, den wir wenige Stunden zuvor noch problemlos überquert hatten.

As the tide began to rise, the narrow path disappeared under water, though we had crossed it without difficulty only a few hours earlier.

flood

Nach der Flut halfen die Nachbarn beim Aufräumen, während noch geprüft wurde, welche Häuser überhaupt wieder sicher betreten werden konnten.

After the flood, neighbours helped with the clean-up while checks were still being made on which houses could safely be entered again at all.

flood; deluge; overwhelming amount

In der Flut der Nachrichten ging die wichtige Terminänderung unter, obwohl sie mehrfach im selben Gruppenchat erwähnt worden war.

The important change of date was lost in the flood of messages even though it had been mentioned several times in the same group chat.

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