Noun
die Brandung
Pronunciation: /ˈbʁandʊŋ/
surf, breakers
C2
rank #14,594
plural Brandungen
Meanings
Noun
- surf, breakers
Example sentence
Man hörte die Brandung schon vom Parkplatz aus.
You could already hear the surf from the car park.
Word forms
singular
die Brandung
plural
die Brandungen
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Brandung
Accusativedie Brandung
Dativeder Brandung
Genitiveder Brandung
Plural
Nominativedie Brandungen
Accusativedie Brandungen
Dativeden Brandungen
Genitiveder Brandungen
Usage
- das Rauschen der Brandung — the sound of waves breaking near the shore
- Brandung / einzelne Welle — the breaking surf collectively versus one wave
Hinter den Dünen hörten wir bereits die schwere Brandung.
Behind the dunes, we could already hear the heavy surf.