Das englische Wort für Sumpf ist
swamp

Englische Definition

Übersetzungen für Sumpf und ihre Definitionen

swamp	©
1. Sumpf, Moor

swamp	©
1. subst. A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes.
2. subst. A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures who have adapted specifically to that environment.
3. v. To drench or fill with water.
The boat was swamped in the storm.
4. v. To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.
I have been swamped with paperwork ever since they started using the new system.
5. v. (figurative) To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

quagmire	©
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] schriftsprachlich: nicht begehbares, aufgeweichtes, sumpfiges Gelände: Schwingmoor, Schwingrasen
3. [2] im übertragenen Sinne: schwierige oder komplizierte Lage, in der man kaum Fortschritte erzielt: Klemme, Morast, Patsche, Sumpf, Zwickmühle

quagmire	©
1. subst. A swampy, soggy area of ground.
That quagmire regularly ‘swallows’ caught-up hikers' boots
2. subst. (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.
The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.
Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union
3. v. To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.

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