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der Bach (Bäche)
   brook, creek, stream; drink (to go into the...); tubes (to go down the...)

Wir waren an einem schönen, plätschernden Bach.
We were by a pretty, babbling brook.
Die Firma ist den Bach heruntergegangen.
The company went down the tubes. (...went belly up.)
Führerloses Auto in Bach entdeckt‎
Driverless car discovered in creek

Related:
das Bachbett stream bed, creek bed
das Bächlein streamlet, brooklet, small creek
  ein Bächlein machen (baby-talk) to go wee-wee
den Bach heruntergehen (idiom) to go down the drain/tubes, go belly up, go south
die Bachforelle brook trout, brown trout
der Fluss river
der Strom river, (large) stream
der Wildbach torrent, white-water creek/stream
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - German composer

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