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 | slowly {adv} [esp. of time, a river] | 25 zäh [langsam, schleppend] |  |
 | rapid {adj} [river, stream] | 23 reißend |  |
 | [downstream along the Elbe River] {adv} | elbabwärts |  |
 | Ferryman! [call across a river to a ferryman to bring one across] | (Fährmann,) holüber! [selten] [meist: ... hol(') über!] |  |
 | Ferryman! [call across a river to a ferryman to bring one across] | (Fährmann,) hol(') über! |  |
 | floatable {adj} [river] | flößbar [Fluss] |  |
 | hydro. overflowing {adj} [river] | über die Ufer getreten |  |
 | geogr. perennial {adj} [river etc.] | ganzjährig wasserführend [Fluss etc.] |  |
 | riparian {adj} [situated on the banks of a river] | am Ufer (eines Flusses) gelegen |  |
 | sullen {adj} [river etc.] | träge fließend |  |
 | ecol. fish trouty {adj} [stream, river, etc.] | forellenreich [Bach, Fluss etc.] |  |
 | hydro. undammed {adj} [waters, river] | ungestaut [Gewässer, Fluss] |  |
| Verbs |
 | to negotiate sth. [river, mountain] | 429 etw.Akk. passieren [überwinden] |  |
 | to wind [of a river etc.] | 420 schlängeln |  |
 | geol. to deposit sth. [water or river: sand, sediments, etc.] | 390 etw.Akk. absetzen [ablagern] [Wasser od. Fluß: Sand, Sedimente etc.] |  |
 | geogr. to traverse sth. [e.g. river, a lake] | 370 etw. durchfließen [z. B. Fluss, einen See] |  |
 | to subside [noise, thunder, singing, river, sea] | 166 abschwellen [fig.] |  |
 | hydro. to enter [river, sewage] | 92 münden |  |
 | to ford sth. [a river] | 80 etw. durchqueren [eine Furt] |  |
 | to gouge sth. [e.g. river bed] | 74 etw. graben [Flussbett etc.] |  |
 | hydro. to rise [river] | 37 entspringen |  |
 | to dredge sth. [river, canal] | 27 etw.Akk. schlämmen [mit einem Schwimmbagger] |  |
 | geogr. hydro. spec. to meander [river, border] | 20 mäandrieren |  |
 | hydro. to enter sth. [river: the sea, a river etc.] | 18 etw.Dat. zufließen [Fluss: dem Meer, einem (anderen) Fluss] |  |
 | to traverse sth. [esp. bridge: a river, a valley, etc.] | 16 etw.Akk. überspannen [bes. Brücke: einen Fluss, ein Tal etc.] |  |
 | hydro. to channel [water, river] | 11 hindurchleiten |  |
 | hydro. to crest [Am.] [flood or river: rise to its highest level] | den Höchststand erreichen [Flut, Fluss] |  |
 | to debouch [river] | sich ergießen [Fluss] |  |
 | to disgorge [river, waters] | sich ergießen |  |
 | to empty [river] | sich ergießen |  |
 | to fork [of river, road, etc.] | sichAkk. teilen [Fluss, Straße etc.] |  |
 | to join [a river] | münden in |  |
 | sports to paddle sth. [e.g. the length of a river] | (sichDat.) etw.Akk. erpaddeln [ugs.] |  |
 | to twist [follow a winding course, e.g. road, river] | sichAkk. winden [z. B. Straße, Fluss] |  |
 | to wind [street, river etc.] | sichAkk. krümmen [Straße, Fluss etc.] |  |
| Nouns |
 | geogr. hydro. stream [small river] | 2046 Bach {m} [kleiner Fluss] |  |
 | geogr. bank [of river, canal] | 1501 Ufer {n} |  |
 | meadow [piece of low ground near a river] | 815 Aue {f} [poet. od regional] [an einem Bach oder Fluss gelegenes flaches Gelände mit saftigen Wiesen] |  |
 | geogr. hydro. mouth [of river] | 508 Mündung {f} |  |
 | hydro. head [source of a river] | 288 Quelle {f} [eines Flusses] |  |
 | sweep [curve of road, river] | 278 Bogen {m} |  |
 | geogr. hydro. stream [river] | 242 Fluss {m} |  |
 | bank [of a river, street] | 138 Böschung {f} |  |
 | hydro. basin [river basin] | 64 Flussbecken {n} |  |
 | geogr. outlet [of river] | 57 Mündung {f} |  |
 | geogr. bight [of a river] | 47 Schleife {f} [eines Flusses] |  |
 | meadow [esp. piece of low ground near a river] | 47 Au {f} [südd.] [österr.] [schweiz.] |  |
 | geogr. Amazon [usually: the Amazon] [river] | 43 Amazonas {m} [meist: der Amazonas] [Fluss] |  |
 | geogr. chute [rapid (in a river)] | 41 Stromschnelle {f} |  |
 | fish bankster [obs.] [person who fishes from the bank of a river or stream] | 40 Angler {m} [der vom Flussufer aus angelt] |  |