morass

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
2. (figuratively) Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.

Concepten

moeras

drasland

broek

moer

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ven

Synoniemen

marsh

quagmire

swamp

bog

mire

fen

quag

marshland

slough

slack

wetland

moor

Moor

heath

swale

swampland

scraw bog

glade

sludge

mudhole

bogland

swampy ground

bayou

wetlands

muddy place

pool

pond

mud

Vertalingen

pantano

marais

pantano

pântano

Sumpf

palude

marécage

aiguamoll

Morast

pantà

lodaçal

brejo

βάλτος

palus

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/məˈɹæs/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Dutch moeras (“marsh, swamp”), an alteration (with influence from Dutch moer (“moor”)) of a direct descendant of Middle Dutch marasch (“marsh”). The Middle Dutch word is a borrowing from Old French mareis, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk. Doublet of marish and marsh, and linked in part to moor. Compare quagmire.