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The German word for water is
Wasser





water

Plural

The plural of Wasser is Wässer.

German Definition


water
     Substantiv:
     [1] das Wasser
          [1] "You know the other morning, when you and Jack and I bathed before breakfast, you got stung on your arm by a jellyfish, and the water then was unruffled."

Translations for water and their definitions

Wasser ©
     n. water (H₂O)
     n. alcoholic beverage, similar to brandy, made from fermented fruit
     n. (colloquial) (clipping of Mineralwasser/Tafelwasser)
     v. first-person singular present of wassern
     v. singular imperative of wassern
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Tränen
     n. gerund of tränen
     n. plural of Träne
     v. to water (due to irritation, pain, etc.)


Gießen
     n. gerund of gießen
     v. to pour; (usually only of liquids, especially of large quantities)
          Das Öl wird in die Tanks gegossen. - The oil is poured into the tanks.
          Bleigießen - lead-pouring
     v. to pour; to cast; to found (shape molten metal or glass by pouring)
          Die Statue wurde vom Künstler selbst gegossen. - The statue was cast by the artist himself.
          Stahlgießen - steel pouring
     v. to water
          die Blumen gießen - to water the flowers
          Gießkanne - watering can
     v. (impersonal, intransitive, of rain) to pour down; to rain strongly
          Es gießt. - It’s pouring.
          Es gießt wie aus Kübeln/Eimern. - It’s pouring as though out of buckets.


Gewässer
     n-n. (collective) body of water, water body, water (significant accumulation of water covering the Earth)


Tränken
     n. gerund of tränken
     n. dative plural of Trank
     v. to water (to provide (animals) with water)
     v. first-person plural subjunctive of trinken
     v. third-person plural subjunctive of trinken


Harn lassen
     v. (formal, medicine) to pass urine


Bewässern
     n. gerund of bewässern
     v. (gardening) to water


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