Gestrüpp

scrub

noun ge-SHTRUEP Rare

Also means

brushwood

Usage Note

Gestrüpp is a tangle of low, thorny bushes and brush, usually uncountable and slightly disparaging in tone. Like Dickicht it serves figuratively for confusing tangles, e.g. Gestrüpp aus Vorschriften.

Examples

"Wir kämpften uns durch dichtes Gestrüpp."

Natural Translation

We fought our way through dense scrub.

Literal Translation

We fought us through dense scrub.

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