Definition
An event that causes severe destruction, extensive suffering, or complete failure.
Translations
- English
- disaster
- Français
- catastrophe
- Türkçe
- felaket
- Polski
- katastrofa
- Русский
- катастрофа
- Українська
- катастрофа
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Katastrophe
- B1
- Noun
- Society & Public Life
- Nature & Environment
disaster
/diː ˌkatasˈtʁoːfə/
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Grammar & classification
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- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Katastrophen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- Society & Public LifePrimaryNature & Environment
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Lemma
Katastrophe/ˌkatasˈtʁoːfə/
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Article phrase
die Katastrophe/diː ˌkatasˈtʁoːfə/
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