verb🔗ShareErtrinkenTo die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid."The little kitten accidentally fell into the pool and drowned. "Das kleine Kätzchen fiel versehentlich in den Pool und ertrank.bodydisasterenvironmentnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareErtrinken, ertränkt werdenTo kill by suffocating in water or another liquid."The careless child drowned the kitten by leaving it in the overflowing bathtub. "Das unvorsichtige Kind ertränkte das Kätzchen, indem es es in der überlaufenden Badewanne ließ.disasteractionnatureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareErtrinken, untergehenTo be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed."The small town was drowned by the floodwaters after the heavy rain. "Die kleine Stadt wurde nach dem starken Regen von den Flutwassern überflutet.disasterenvironmentnatureactionconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareErtränken, versinkenTo inundate, submerge, overwhelm."The student felt drowned in homework after missing a week of school due to illness. "Der Schüler fühlte sich nach einer Woche Schulabwesenheit wegen Krankheit in Hausaufgaben ertrunken.disasterenvironmentnatureoceanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÜberfluten, ertränken(usually passive) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items."The answers intelligence services seek are often drowned in the flood of information they can now gather."Die Antworten, die Geheimdienste suchen, werden oft in der Informationsflut ertränkt, die sie jetzt sammeln können.disasterenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareErtrunkenThat has died by drowning."a drowned rat"eine ertrunkene RattedisasterenvironmentoceanbodynaturehumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
