Küstenlinie

coastline

noun KUES-ten-lee-nee-e Rare

Also means

shoreline

Usage Note

Küstenlinie is the general geographic term for the boundary between land and sea. It appears in climate discussions about sea-level rise and in tourism descriptions of the German Bight (Deutsche Bucht).

Examples

"Der Klimawandel bedroht die gesamte Küstenlinie der Nordsee."

Natural Translation

Climate change threatens the entire coastline of the North Sea.

Literal Translation

The climate-change threatens the entire coastline of-the North-Sea.

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