ADVANCED LEVEL

Advanced German Word of the Day > Today’s Word (Hear it!)

die Barkasse (-n)
   launch (boat); longboat

Bootscrash auf der Elbe: Zwei Ausflugs-Barkassen sind bei einer Hafenrundfahrt in Hamburg zusammengestoßen, mehrere Personen wurden dabei verletzt.
Boat crash on the Elbe: Two excursion launches collided during a harbor tour in Hamburg. Several people were injured.

Related:
die Bark bark, barque (type of sailing ship)
die Barke skiff, rowboat; bark, barque
die Barkarole barcarole (a Venetian boat song)
die Jacht yacht
das Ruderboot rowboat
das Skiff skiff

AUDIO > Listen to this word with examples! (mp3 audio)

BACK > Daily German: Word of the Day (advanced)
MORE > English-German Glossaries
MORE > Previous Words of the Day - Index

FORUM > German Language Forum for learning German

 
Copyright © 2009 Hyde Flippo