Vocabulary
das
Glatteis
· noun· Pl. —
black ice, icy roads and pavements
Winter mornings, the weather report and the traffic news: „Vorsicht, Glatteis!“ — a thin, almost invisible layer of ice on the ground.
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Forms
- Singular
- das Glatteis
- Plural
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- Genitiv
- des Glatteises
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Glatteis
black ice, icy roads and pavements
In der Nacht hatte es gefroren, und auf den Gehsteigen lag Glatteis.
There had been a frost in the night, and there was black ice on the pavements.
Word family
Glatteisglattsmooth; slipperydas Eisice; ice cream
Common combinations
- Vorsicht, Glatteis!Caution, black ice!
- auf dem Glatteis ausrutschento slip on the black ice
- jemanden aufs Glatteis führento trip someone up, to lead someone up the garden path (idiom)
Real examples
- In der Nacht hatte es gefroren, und auf den Gehsteigen lag Glatteis.There had been a frost in the night, and there was black ice on the pavements.
- Wegen Glatteis gab es heute Morgen viele Unfälle.There were lots of accidents this morning because of black ice.
