river

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
2. Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.
3. The last card dealt in a hand.
4. A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.

Fluss

Strom

Fluß

Flüsse

Ströme

Fluſs

Flüßchen -s

large river

shallow water

small river

clean water

Big River

water source

any flowing stream

flowing stream

great river

mountain-torrent

Frequenz

Mit Bindestrich als

riv‧er

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɹɪvə/

From Middle English ryver, from Anglo-Norman rivere, from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria (“littoral, riverbank”), from Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from Latin rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Unrelated to Latin rīvus (“stream”) (whence rival, derive). Doublet of riviera and rivière. Displaced native Old English ēa.

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