Kaskade
Appearance
See also: kaskade
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier Cascade (17th century), from French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *casicāre, from Latin cadō (“to fall”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Kaskade f (genitive Kaskade, plural Kaskaden)
- (hydrology) cascade (a series of waterfalls, often artificial)
- (figurative) cascade (a sequence of events or things)
- (juggling) cascade (a juggling pattern)
- (acrobatics) a daredevil stunt (a sequential series of daring leaps and jumps performed by acrobats)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Kaskade [feminine]
Synonyms
[edit]- (hydrology): (künstlicher) mehrstufiger Wasserfall (descriptive)
Hypernyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Kaskade” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Kaskade” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Kaskade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kaskade” in Duden online
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- German terms borrowed from French
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- German terms derived from Italian
- German terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- German terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:German/aːdə
- Rhymes:German/aːdə/3 syllables
- German lemmas
- German nouns
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- de:Juggling