LAKE - Translation from English into German

lake [leɪk] N

1. lake (body of fresh water):

lake: See m <-s, Se̱·en>

the Lake District Brit: der Lake District (Seengebiet im Nordwesten Englands)

the Lady of the Lake LIT: die Herrin vom See (Fee in der Artus-Legende)

the Great Lakes Am: die Großen Seen (zwischen den USA und Kanada)

2. lake Brit ECON fig pej (surplus stores):

lake: [flüssiger] Lagerbestand

ˈfish·ing lake N

fishing lake: Fischweiher m

ˈlake dwell·ing N HISTORY

lake dwelling: Pfahlbau m <-bauten>

salt ˈlake N

salt lake: Salzsee m <-s, -n>

lake-effect ˈsnow [Am -snoʊ] N no pl METEO

lake-effect snow: Schnee, der entsteht, wenn kalter Wind über einen wärmeren See weht

Lake Con·stance [ˈkɒn(t)stən(t)s, Am ˈkɑ:n(t)-] N

Lake Constance: Bodensee m <-s>

Lake Lu·ga·no [-lu:ˈgɑ:nəʊ, Am -noʊ] N

Lake Lugano: Luganer See m <- -s>

Lake Ge·ˈneva N

Lake Geneva: Genfersee m

Lake Erie [-ˈɪəri, Am -ˈɪri] N

Lake Erie: Eriesee m <->

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lake trout N

lake trout (salvelinus namaycush): Amerikanischer Seesaibling m

lake trout (salvelinus namaycush): Amerikanische Seeforelle f

finger lake, ribbon lake N

finger lake: Zungenbecken

crater lake

crater lake: Kratersee

tectonic lake

tectonic lake: tektonischer See

oxbow lake [ˈɒksbəʊˌleɪk]

oxbow lake: Altarm

artificial lake

artificial lake: künstlicher See

volcanic lake

volcanic lake: vulkanischer See

glacial lake [ˈɡleɪsiəlˌleɪk]

glacial lake: Gletschersee

ox-bow lake, cut-off, horseshoe lake N

ox-bow lake: Altarm

maar [mɑː], volcanic lake N

maar: Maar

Lake Balaton [ˌleɪkbælˈætən] N

Lake Balaton: Plattensee

lake mixing

lake mixing: Durchmischen des Sees

lake bottom N

lake bottom: Seeboden

lake basin N

lake basin: Seebecken

sediment of the lake N

sediment of the lake: Seebodenschlamm

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

if you look just beyond the lake: wenn du gerade über den See hinausschaust

the lake with its massed flamingos: der See mit seinen dicht an dicht stehenden Flamingos

the windows look onto the lake: die Fenster gehen auf den See [hinaus]

go [and] jump in the lake! inf: geh [o. scher dich] zum Teufel! sl

to heavily fish a lake/ocean/sea: einen See/Ozean/ein Meer intensiv befischen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

River course has changed many times, due to geo-tectonic movements, forming small islands and oxbow lakes over last hundreds of years.

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The bottom of the valley is flat and wet, with peat appearing in several locations in the former oxbow lakes.

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Fishing is permitted in the oxbow lake.

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An oxbow lake is formed when a river creates a meander due to the river eroding the banks through hydraulic action and abrasion/corrasion.

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Geographical features of these lowlands include sloughs and oxbow lakes.

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Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Forty percent of the world’s population lives on transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwater reservoirs.

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40 Prozent der Weltbevölkerung lebt an grenzüberschreitenden Flüssen, Seen und Grundwasserspeichern.

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Almost half of the world ’ s population lives near transboundary rivers and lakes and depends on these for their livelihoods.

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Fast die Hälfte der Weltbevölkerung lebt an grenzüberschreitenden Flüssen und Seen.

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With some more time we also would have definitely stopped at the wonderful lakes which were situated on the left and on the right of the road.

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Mit etwas mehr Zeit hätten wir sicherlich auch an den herrlichen Seen gehalten, die links und rechts der Strecke lagen.

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Lake Van is the deepest (maximum water depth more than 450 m) and largest lake in Turkey (~650 km3).

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Der Vansee ist der tiefste (maximale Wassertiefe mehr als 450 m) und größte See der Türkei (~650 km3).

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The Tiergarten is a large park in the heart of Berlin, where you will find a romantic lake and the Café am Neuen See with its spacious beer garden on its shore.

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Im Zentrum Berlins liegt ein großer Park: der Tiergarten. Tiere findet man hier zwar heute weniger, dafür einen romantischen See und das dazugehörige Café am Neuen See mit seinem großen Biergarten.

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