Random German Word of the Day: “Unwetter” (n.) – This German word literally translates as “un-weather” and is used to refer to any type of severe weather. Since Germans absolutely LOVE talking and complaining about the weather, it’s useful to know all the words in the “un-weather” family:

“Gewitter” (n.) – “thunderstorm”
“Sturm” (m.) – “storm”
“Orkan” (m.) – “hurricane”
“Starkregen” (m.) – “heavy rain”
“Dauerregen” (m.) – “incessant rain”
“Glatteis” (n.) – “black ice”
“Schneefall” (m.) – “snowfall”
“Tauwetter” (n.) – “thaw period”
“Hagel(schlag)” (m.) – “hail”
“Nebel” (m.) – “fog”
“Hitzewelle” (f.) – “heat wave”
“Sandsturm” (m.) – “sandstorm”
“Wirbelsturm” (m.) – “cyclone”, “whirlwind”, “tornado”

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