Global Problems Flashcards by Flo Ro

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Erdbeben

A

earthquake

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Hurrikan

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hurricane (A.E. cyclone)

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Tsunami

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tsuami

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Lawine

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avalanche (only one a mountain)

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Erdrutsch

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landslide

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Volkan/Vulkanausbruch

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volcano/volcanic eruption

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Tornado

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tornado

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Schneesturm

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blizzard

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Hochwasser

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flood

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Dürre

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drought

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Taifun (tropical storm)

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typhoon

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Waldbrand

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wildfire/bushfire (forestfire)

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Ölleck

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oil spill/oil slick

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Klimawandel

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climate change

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Erderwärmung

A

global warming

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a disease that affects the whole world

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pandemic

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a disease that affects many people in a specific region

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epidemic

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Bürgerkrieg

A

cicival war

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schwerer Unfall

A

major accident

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tödlich

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fatal

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Hungersnot

A

famine

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Vorfall/Zwischenfall

A

incident

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Explosion

A

explosion

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Völkmörder

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genocide

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Femizid

femicide

Hornmord

hornicide

Selbstmord

suicide

Kindestötung

infanticide

wehtun, used with people

to injure

wehtun, used with objects, buildings, etc.

to damage

(valcano) ausbrechen

erupt

(civili war) ausbrechen

break out

(pandemic, epidemic) ausbreiten

spread

verhungern

(to) starve

begehen

(to) commit (a crime)

erschüttern

to shake (shook)

kehren

to sweep (swept)

es ist zu befürchten, dass... ums Leben gekommen sind

to be feared dead

(er)leiden

to suffer

opfer

victim

ded or injured people

casualties

Überlebende

survivous

a person who moves from one country to another

migrant

a person who moves to a country

immigrant

a person who moves out of the country

emigrant

Flüchtlinge/Geflüchtete (not internally displaced people)

refugges

die Toten und Verletzten

the dead and wounded

Tollwut

oabies

Malaria

malaria

the disease cause by HIV

AIDS

Chlorea (cause by contaminated water)

chloera

Typhus (caused by contaminated water)

typhoid

Tetanus

tetanus

Krätze

scabies

Läuse

lice

Windpocken

chicken pox

Scharlach

scarlet fever

Masern

measles

Borreliose

Lyme disease

Hirnhautentzündung

meningitis

Gehirnentzündung

encephalitis

Herzinfarkt

heart attack

Schlaganfall

stroke

Krampfanfall

seizure

zurückgehen

(to) recede

to follow synonym

(to) head

listen to a waring

head a warning

follow advice

head advice

Gehirnerschütterung

concussion