🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Nebel

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Nebel

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mist/mɪst/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Nebel zog langsam über das Feld."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface limiting visibility.

    "Early morning mist shrouded the valley."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Old English mist, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mist and German Mist 'dung' (the semantic shift in English being from 'darkness, gloom' to 'cloudiness').

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