Skip to content

Wolkenbruch

cloudburst

noun VOL-ken-brookh Rare
Animals & Nature Weather

Also means

downpour

Usage Note

Wolkenbruch is a sudden, very heavy downpour, literally a bursting of the clouds. It is vivid and slightly dramatic; for ordinary heavy rain Germans often say Platzregen or Starkregen. The plural umlauts to Wolkenbrüche.

Examples

"Ein Wolkenbruch verwandelte die Straße in einen Bach."

Natural Translation

A cloudburst turned the street into a stream.

Literal Translation

A cloud-burst transformed the street into a stream.

Explore German by topic