Kaskade
See also: kaskade
German
editEtymology
editFrom earlier Cascade (17th century), from French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *casicāre, from Latin cadō (“to fall”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKaskade 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
editDeclension of Kaskade [feminine]
Synonyms
edit- (hydrology): (künstlicher) mehrstufiger Wasserfall (descriptive)
Hypernyms
editRelated terms
editFurther 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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