Was heißt »über­spü­len« auf Englisch?

Das Verb »über­spü­len« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • flood
  • overflow
  • wash over

Synonyme

flu­ten:
pour
stream
surge
über­flu­ten:
deluge
drown
inundate
swamp
über­schwem­men:
deluge
drown
inundate
swamp

Antonyme

un­ter­spü­len:
hollow out
undermine
wash away

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Wetlands play important roles in the ecosystem in purifying water, protecting against flood and erosion, and as both a source of food and habitat for wild animals.

  • Rescue teams from neighbouring districts came to help the victims of the flood.

  • The tidal barrier and flood walls need to be reinforced.

  • The river is in flood.

  • A flood can be defined as the encroachment of water in an area or region which is usually dry.

  • A flood ravaged Florence in 1966, causing damage to many priceless artworks.

  • A flood ravaged Florence in 1966, causing damage to many priceless works of art.

  • The severe rain caused rivers to overflow.

  • One drop makes the glass overflow.

  • I don't have flood insurance.

  • The flood tide destroyed the sandcastle.

  • More than a hundred homes have been damaged by the flood.

  • We lost everything in the flood.

  • The chronicles of the flood of 1342 say that the water in the Mainz Cathedral came up to a man's chest, while in Cologne, one could ride in a boat over the city walls.

  • In 1342, the cities on the Rhine, Main, and Danube were plunged into a flood of biblical proportions. Thousands of people lost their lives.

  • The flood of 1342 was the biggest deluge in the history of central Europe.

  • Tom lives in a flood zone, but he doesn't have flood insurance.

  • Many houses were damaged beyond repair in the flood.

  • The flood ruined the crops.

  • Many animals were drowned in the flood.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

über­de­cken:
superimpose
superpose

Überspülen übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: überspülen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: überspülen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 10547915, 10317535, 10059481, 10013003, 9440415, 7045221, 7045219, 6989049, 6326885, 6263135, 6198990, 4705808, 4498723, 4141174, 4141173, 4141172, 3562548, 3152024, 2268134 & 2259058. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR