Usage Note
Brücke covers both the physical span over a river and figurative ones, as in eine Brücke bauen ('to build a bridge', to reconcile). It also names the small bridge on a violin and a narrow runner rug. Note the umlaut plural is Brücken.
Examples
"Die Brücke über den Fluss ist alt."
Natural Translation
The bridge over the river is old.
Literal Translation
The bridge over the river is old.
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