flood

Überschwemmung, Hochwasser

Eine große Wassermenge, die normalerweise trockenes Land bedeckt.

In einfachem Englisch: A large amount of water that covers land which is normally dry.

• The flood damaged our house.
• Heavy rain caused floods across the region.
• Families left the village after a flood warning.

Synonyme: inundation

Gegenteile: drought

Häufige Wendungen: severe flood, flood damage, flood warning, river flood

Flut, Ansturm

Sehr viele Dinge, die schnell eintreffen und oft kaum zu bewältigen sind.

In einfachem Englisch: A very large number of things arriving quickly, often too many to deal with.

• We received a flood of emails.
• A flood of visitors arrived after lunch.
• The office struggled with the sudden flood of applications.

So benutzt man es: a flood of something (The announcement brought a flood of questions.)

Synonyme: deluge, torrent

Gegenteile: trickle

Häufige Wendungen: flood of complaints, flood of messages, a sudden flood

überschwemmen, überfluten

Einen Ort mit Wasser bedecken oder selbst unter Wasser geraten.

In einfachem Englisch: To cover a place with water, or become covered with water.

• The river flooded our garden.
• Our basement floods whenever it rains heavily.
• The storm flooded several streets last night.

Synonyme: inundate, submerge

Häufige Wendungen: flood the streets, flood a house, flood the basement

überlaufen, über die Ufer treten

Als Wasser überlaufen oder in großen Mengen irgendwohin fließen, besonders nach starkem Regen.

In einfachem Englisch: To overflow or flow into a place in large amounts, especially after heavy rain.

• The river began to flood.
• Rainwater flooded into the kitchen.
• After the storm, water flooded over the riverbanks.

So benutzt man es: flood into something (Water flooded into the cellar.); flood over something (The river flooded over its banks.)

Synonyme: overflow

Häufige Wendungen: river starts to flood, flood into something, flood over something

überschwemmen, überfluten

Einen Ort mit sehr vielen Dingen füllen oder jemanden damit überfordern.

In einfachem Englisch: To fill a place or overwhelm someone with a very large number of things.

• Advertisements flood my inbox.
• Cheap products have flooded the market.
• Fans flooded the website with messages of support.

So benutzt man es: flood something with something (Cheap imports flooded the market with low-priced toys.)

Synonyme: overwhelm, inundate, swamp

Häufige Wendungen: flood the market, flood with something, flood someone’s inbox, flood someone with something