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The German word for flood is
Flut





flood

Gender

The gender of Flut is feminine. E.g. die Flut.

Plural

The plural of Flut is Fluten.

German Definition


flood
     überschwemmen, überfluten
     Flut, Überflutung



Translations for flood and their definitions

überschwemmen
     v. to flood, to inundate, to submerge
          Der Feldweg wurde vom Fluss überschwemmt. - The dirt road was flooded by the river.
          Wir wurden von Massen von Reklamationsschreiben überschwemmt. - We were inundated with masses of letters of complaint.


Flutpronunciation
     n-f. flow, flood, high tide (rising movement of the tide; the time around when it reaches its peak)
     n-f. (often, in the plural) flood(s), great masses of water, usually of the sea
     n-f. flooding, flood, overflow of a body of water; (usually only when very violent and disastrous)


überfluten
     v. to flood


Überflutung
     n-f. flooding, overload



Überschwemmung
     n-f. flooding; flood; overflow of a body of water


Hochwasser
     n-n. a very high water level in any body of water; high tide; high water; (in the case of a river often, but not necessarily, implying flooding)


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