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Die Dürre hat den Waldboden hinter Schmöckwitz rissig und hart gemacht. The drought has left the forest floor beyond Schmöckwitz cracked and hard.

noun · C1

die Dürre

[ˈdʏʁə]

drought

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Synonyms
die Trockenheit

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Other Examples

  • Wir erleben den dritten Sommer in Folge eine Dürre, und die Bauern im Umland stellen auf robustere Sorten um.

    We're living through a drought for the third summer in a row, and the farmers around here are switching to hardier varieties.

  • Hättest du gedacht, dass es ausgerechnet in Brandenburg eine solche Dürre geben kann?

    Would you have thought there could be a drought like this in Brandenburg, of all places?

  • Frau Hilde erzählt, eine solche Dürre habe sie zuletzt im Sommer 1976 erlebt.

    Frau Hilde says the last time she lived through a drought like this was in the summer of 1976.

Grammar

Plural
die Dürren In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Dürre die Dürren
Die Dürre hat den Waldboden hinter Schmöckwitz rissig und hart gemacht. The drought has left the forest floor beyond Schmöckwitz cracked and hard.
Accusative wen? was? die Dürre die Dürren
Dative wem? der Dürre den Dürren
Genitive wessen? der Dürre der Dürren

How the Word Is Built

Dürr root e suffix

Word family

dürrverdorren

In Otti's situations: Kalle and the drought in Brandenburg

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