Noun
das Watt
Pronunciation: /vat/
intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast mudflats at the North Sea coast
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plural Watten
Meanings
Noun
- intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast mudflats at the North Sea coast
- watt (unit of power named after James Watt)
Example sentence
Bei Ebbe kann man im Watt viele Krebse entdecken.
At low tide you can spot lots of crabs on the mudflats.
Word forms
Noun
singular
das Watt
plural
die Watten
Noun
singular
das Watt
plural
die Watt
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Watt
Accusativedas Watt
Dativedem Watt
Genitivedes Watts
Plural
Nominativedie Watten
Accusativedie Watten
Dativeden Watten
Genitiveder Watten
Usage
- im Watt wandern — walk on the tidal flats; the coastal landscape sense
- hundert Watt — one hundred watts; a separate unit of power with unchanged counted form
Bei der Führung im Watt entdeckten wir kleine Muscheln im Schlick.
On the guided walk across the tidal flats, we discovered small shells in the mud.