Explore Elbe through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like river. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Elbe in a sentence
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Elbe meaning
A major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea.
Synonyms of Elbe
Using Elbe
- The main meaning on this page is: A major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea.
- Useful related words include: elbe river, river.
- In the example corpus, elbe often appears in combinations such as: the elbe, elbe and, river elbe.
Context around Elbe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 14 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Elbe
- In this selection, "elbe" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, northern, southern, lower, river, used and niederelbe stand out and add context to how "elbe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include anabranches northern elbe and the and and the elbe. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "elbe" sits close to words such as adjoint, affixes and agonisingly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with elbe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Edwards 1994, 13. As in earlier English, elbe is attested translating words for nymphs. (14 words)
This is reminding me of the Elbe bag (sp) situation with Denny all over again. (15 words)
A number of districts become waterlogged if the Elbe overflows across some of its former floodplains. (16 words)
At the bay Mühlenberger Loch in Hamburg at kilometre 634, the Northern Elbe and the Southern Elbe (here now the cut-off meander Old Southern Elbe) used to reunite, which is why the bay is seen as the starting point of the Lower Elbe (Niederelbe). (45 words)
Along the way, travellers experience a fine sweep of European geography as they travel from the Seine to the Spree, crossing six other major rivers along the way: the Moselle, Meuse, Rhine, Neckar, Main and Elbe. (36 words)
There are many in the UK who take the view that nothing east of the Elbe (Rhine?) or south of the Alps is worth the bones of another British soldier. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
At the bay Mühlenberger Loch in Hamburg at kilometre 634, the Northern Elbe and the Southern Elbe (here now the cut-off meander Old Southern Elbe) used to reunite, which is why the bay is seen as the starting point of the Lower Elbe (Niederelbe).
In its northern section both banks of the Elbe are characterised by flat, very fertile marshlands ( Elbe Marshes ), former flood plains of the Elbe now diked.
The Elbe-Seitenkanal (Elbe Lateral Canal) was built between the West German section of the Mittellandkanal and the Lower Elbe to restore this connection.
The Magdeburg Water Bridge is a navigable aqueduct in Germany that connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Canal, and allows ships to cross over the Elbe River.
A bit more downstream the Low Elbe's two main anabranches Northern Elbe and the Köhlbrand reunite south of Altona -Altstadt, a locality of Hamburg.
By the Treaty of Versailles the navigation on the Elbe became subject to the International Commission of the Elbe, seated in Dresden.
East of the Elbe It is already mentioned above that stretching between the Elbe and the Oder, the classical authors place the Suebic Semnones.
The Dove Elbe (literally in English deaf Elbe) was diked off in 1437/38 at Gammer Ort.
Along the way, travellers experience a fine sweep of European geography as they travel from the Seine to the Spree, crossing six other major rivers along the way: the Moselle, Meuse, Rhine, Neckar, Main and Elbe.
This is reminding me of the Elbe bag (sp) situation with Denny all over again.
On April 7, nearly two hundred Sonderkommando Elbe pilots scrambled into their cockpits and roared into the air.
There are many in the UK who take the view that nothing east of the Elbe (Rhine?) or south of the Alps is worth the bones of another British soldier.
The head of the federal state on the river Elbe would not have expected anything less of himself.
AD 90 – c. AD 168), in a fairly extensive account of Greater Germany, citation makes several unusual mentions of Suebi between the Rhine and the Elbe.
And the Prussian - Danish border was moved from the Elbe up in Jutland to the creek Kongeåen main.
A number of districts become waterlogged if the Elbe overflows across some of its former floodplains.
A second Prussian army under the Old Dessauer advanced up the Elbe from Magdeburg to meet Rutowsky.
Eck (2003), 99. Both campaigns were successful, as Drusus' forces reached the Elbe River by 9 BC—though he died shortly after by falling off his horse.
Edwards 1994, 13. As in earlier English, elbe is attested translating words for nymphs.
Finally, in the east, Dessau-Roßlau and Wittenberg are situated on the Elbe (as is the capital Magdeburg) in the Anhalt-Wittenberg region.
Common combinations with elbe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: