Translation of 'water' - German English Dictionary
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| Wasser {n} | water | |||
| Examples | Examples | |||
| 1. | abtropfbares Wasser | 1. | gravitational water | |
| 2. | adsorbiertes Wasser | 2. | aggressive water; corrosive water | |
| 3. | destilliertes Wasser; Aqua purificata | 3. | purified water; distilled water; aqua purificata | |
| 4. | drückendes Wasser | 4. | pressing water | |
| 5. | dystrophes Wasser | 5. | dystrophic water | |
| 6. | entspanntes Wasser | 6. | wetted water | |
| 7. | entbastes Wasser | 7. | decationized water | |
| 8. | fließendes Wasser; fließend Wasser | 8. | running water | |
| 9. | fossiles Wasser; fossiles Grundwasser [geol.] | 9. | connate water; fossil water | |
| 10. | Fremdwasser {n} | 10. | external water; other water | |
| 11. | gebundenes Wasser | 11. | combined water | |
| 12. | gebundenes Wasser | 12. | constitutional water | |
| 13. | gespanntes Wasser | 13. | artesian water | |
| 14. | hartes Wasser | 14. | hard water | |
| 15. | hygroskopisches Wasser | 15. | hygroscopic water; hygroscopic moisture; absorbed water | |
| 16. | juveniles Wasser | 16. | primitive water; juvenile water | |
| 17. | kohlensäurereiches Wasser | 17. | acid water | |
| 18. | schlammhaltiges Wasser | 18. | muddy water | |
| 19. | stehendes Wasser | 19. | stagnant water | |
| 20. | umlaufendes Wasser | 20. | circulating water | |
| 21. | unterirdisches Wasser | 21. | subsurface water; underground water; subterranean water | |
| 22. | weiches Wasser | 22. | soft water | |
| 23. | durch Stollen gelöstes Wasser | 23. | headsword | |
| 24. | auf dem Wasser; zu Wasser | 24. | waterborne | |
| 25. | über Wasser | 25. | afloat | |
| 26. | jdm. nicht das Wasser reichen können [übtr.] | 26. | can't hold a candle to sb. [fig.] | |
| 27. | Wasser treten (beim Schwimmen) | 27. | to tread water | |
| 28. | Wasser treten (bei der Kneippkur) | 28. | to paddle (in kneippism) | |
| 29. | Wasseranwendungen durchführen (Heilquelle) | 29. | to take the waters [Br.] | |
| 30. | Wo Wasser ist, ist Leben. | 30. | Where there is water, there is life. | |
| 31. | Die kochen auch nur mit Wasser. [übtr.] | 31. | They still put their trousers [Br.] / pants [Am.] on one leg at a time (like everybody else / just like you/we do). [fig.] | |
| Wasserwelle {f}; Welle {f} [envir.] | water wave; water | |||
| Examples | Examples | |||
| 1. | Wasserwellen {f}; Wellen {pl} | 1. | water waves; waters | |
| 2. | Brandungswelle {f}; Brandungswoge {f} [geh.] | 2. | surging wave; surging billow [poet.] | |
| 3. | hohe Welle; Woge {f} [poet.] | 3. | heavy wave; billow [poet.] | |
| 4. | kleine Welle | 4. | wavelet; ripplet | |
| 5. | fortschreitende Welle | 5. | progressive wave; travelling wave; swashing wave | |
| 6. | gegen die Wellen ankämpfen | 6. | to breast the waves | |
| Pegelstandsanzeige {f}; Pegel {m}; Wasserstandsanzeige {f}; Wasserstandsmarke {f}; Limnimeter {n} (Wasserbau) | water level indicator; water level gauge; water gauge; water gage [Am.]; stage gauge; stage gage [Am.]; river gauge; river gage [Am.]; water level mark; limnimeter (water engineering) | |||
| Examples | Examples | |||
| 1. | Pegelstandsanzeigen {pl}; Pegel {pl}; Wasserstandsanzeigen {pl}; Wasserstandsmarken {pl}; Limnimeter {pl} | 1. | water level indicators; water level gauges; water gauges; water gages; stage gauges; stage gages; river gauges; river gages; water level marks; limnimeters | |
| 2. | Hochwasserpegel {m}; Hochwasserstandsanzeiger {m} | 2. | flood meter | |
| Gewässer {n} [envir.] [geogr.] | body of water; water body | |||
| Examples | Examples | |||
| 1. | Gewässer {pl} | 1. | bodies of water; water bodies | |
| 2. | Gewässer {pl} (im Binnenland) | 2. | lakes and rivers | |
| 3. | Gewässer {pl} (im Meer) | 3. | waters | |
| 4. | heimische Gewässer | 4. | home waters | |
| 5. | innere Gewässer (landwärts der Basislinie des Küstenmeers gelegene Gewässer) [pol.] | 5. | internal waters (waters on the landward side of the baseline of the territorial sea) | |
| 6. | küstennahes Gewässer | 6. | coastal area | |
| 7. | seichtes Gewässer | 7. | shallow waters | |
| 8. | stehendes Gewässer; Stillgewässer [selten] | 8. | body of standing water; standing water body; stagnant water body; standing waters; stretch of standing water | |
| 9. | unterirdisches Gewässer | 9. | body of subsurface water; subsurface waters | |
| 10. | Verunreinigung eines Gewässers | 10. | pollution of a body of water | |
| Speichererhitzer {m}; Warmwasserbereiter {m}; Warmwasserspeicher {m}; Heißwasserbereiter {m}; Heißwasserspeicher {m}; Boiler {m} (Sanitärtechnik) [techn.] | storage water heater; tank-type water heater; hot water system /HWS/; hot water tank; boiler [Br.]; furnace [Am.] (sanitary engineering) | |||
| Examples | Examples | |||
| 1. | Speichererhitzer {pl}; Warmwasserbereiter {pl}; Warmwasserspeicher {pl}; Heißwasserbereiter {pl}; Heißwasserspeicher {pl}; Boiler {pl} | 1. | storage water heaters; tank-type water heaters; hot water systems; hot water tanks; boilers; furnaces | |
| 2. | Kochendwasserbereiter {m}; Kochendwassergerät {n} | 2. | water heater for boiling water | |
| 3. | Warmwasserbereiter mit Heizschlange | 3. | calorifier tank; calorifier | |
| Wasserstandsanzeiger {m}; Wasserstandsmesser {m} [techn.] | water level indicator; water gauge indicator; water level gauge; water gauge; water gage [Am.]; stage gauge; stage gage [Am.] | |||
| Examples | Examples | |||
| 1. | Wasserstandsanzeiger {pl}; Wasserstandsmesser {pl} | 1. | water level indicators; water gauge indicators; water level gauges; water gauges; water gages; stage gauges; stage gages | |
| gießen; begießen; bewässern; wässern; schwemmen {vt} | to water; to supply water | |||
| Examples | Examples | |||
| 1. | gießend; begießend; bewässernd; wässernd; schwemmend | 1. | watering; supplying water | |
| 2. | gegossen; begossen; bewässert; gewässert; geschwemmt | 2. | watered; supplied water | |
| 3. | gießt; begießt; bewässert; wässert; schwemmt | 3. | waters; supplies water | |
| 4. | goss; begoss; bewässerte; wässerte; schwemmte | 4. | watered; supplied water | |
| 5. | Blumen gießen | 5. | to water the plants | |
| 6. | den Rasen bewässern; den Rasen sprengen | 6. | to water the lawn | |
| 7. | unbewässert {adj} | 7. | unwatered | |
| Bodenschicht {f}; Erdschicht {f}; Schicht {f}; Bodenhorizont {m} [geol.] | ground layer; layer; ground stratum; stratum; bed; ground formation; formation; soil horizon; horizon | |||
| Examples | Examples | |||
| 1. | Bodenschichten {pl}; Erdschichten {pl}; Schichten {pl}; Bodenhorizonte {pl} | 1. | ground layers; layers; ground strata; strata; beds; ground formations; formations; soil horizons; horizons | |
| 2. | aufgerichtete Schicht | 2. | upturned bed; ridged-up bed; ended-up bed; straightened-up layer | |
| 3. | aufliegende Schicht | 3. | superposed bed | |
| 4. | einseitig geneigte Schicht | 4. | homoclinal bed | |
| 5. | fossiler Bodenhorizont | 5. | palaeosol | |
| 6. | Grundwasserhorizont {m} | 6. | groundwater horizon; water-bearing horizon | |
| 7. | verfestigte Schicht | 7. | concretionary horizon | |
| 8. | verworfene Schicht | 8. | disrupted bed; faulted stratum | |
| 9. | wasserführende Schicht | 9. | water-bearing layer; water-bearing stratum; water-bearing bed; water-bearing formation; water-bearing horizon; carrier of water | |
| Grundwasseroberfläche {f}; Grundwasserspiegel {m} (obere Begrenzung eines Grundwasserkörpers) [geol.] [envir.] | groundwater table; water table; groundwater surface; phreatic surface | |||
| Examples | Examples | |||
| 1. | schwebender Grundwasserspiegel | 1. | perched water table | |
| 2. | sinkender Grundwasserspiegel | 2. | sinking groundwater level | |
| 3. | Absenkung des Grundwasserspiegels; Senkung des Grundwasserspiegels; Grundwasserabsenkung | 3. | lowering of the groundwater table/groundwater surface; ground-water lowering; drawdown of the water table; water table drawdown; lowering of subsoil water | |
| 4. | Absinken des Grundwasserspiegels, natürliche Grundwasserabsenkung; Rückgang des Grundwasserspiegels; Grundwasserrückgang | 4. | phreatic decline; decline of water table; groundwater recession | |
| 5. | Anhebung des Grundwasserspiegels; künstliche Grundwasserspiegelhebung | 5. | artificial raising of the groundwater table | |
| 6. | Ansteigen der Grundwasseroberfläche; Grundwasseranstieg | 6. | natural rise of groundwater level | |
| 7. | den Grundwasserspiegel absenken | 7. | to lower the groundwater table | |
| Trinkwasseraufbereitungsanlage {f} | drinking water treatment plant; water purification plant | |||
| Examples | Examples | |||
| 1. | Trinkwasseraufbereitungsanlagen {pl} | 1. | drinking water treatment plants; water purification plants | |
| 2. | Trinkwassergewinnungs- und -aufbereitungsanlage | 2. | drinking water extraction and treatment plant | |
| 3. | mobile Trinkwasseraufbereitungsanlage {f} | 3. | mobile water purification unit | |
| 4. | transportable Trinkwasseraufbereitungsanlage {f} | 4. | transportable water purification unit | |