lowland
das Flachland, die Flachländer
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lowland
A type of landscape characterized by small differences in elevation and the absence of mountains or larger hills. It is a flat or only slightly rolling region.
Nachdem wir die Alpen überquert hatten, erstreckte sich vor uns das weite Flachland.
After we had crossed the Alps, the wide lowland stretched out before us.
| gender | neuter das |
|---|---|
| plural | die Flachländer |
| genitive | des Flachlands |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | das Flachland | die Flachländer |
| accusative | das Flachland | die Flachländer |
| dative | dem Flachland | den Flachländern |
| genitive | des Flachlands des Flachlandes | der Flachländer |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
The word is made up simply and logically of the adjective 'flach' (flat) and the noun 'das Land' (the land). So it literally describes flat land without mountains.
Fahrradfahren ist im Flachland viel einfacher als in den Bergen.
Cycling is much easier in the lowland than in the mountains.
To describe a location, you use 'im Flachland' (in the lowland; dative). To describe movement toward it, you say 'ins Flachland' (into the lowland; accusative).
Viele Dörfer liegen im norddeutschen Flachland.
Many villages are located in the northern German lowland.
'Flachland' (lowland) is very often used as a direct contrast to mountain regions such as the Alps or a mountain range. It describes the landscape that you find before or after a mountain chain.
Die Flüsse fließen aus den Bergen hinab ins weite Flachland.
The rivers flow down from the mountains into the wide lowland.
plain / level
Both words describe a landscape with little variation in elevation and no major rises. An Ebene is more typically a specific, flat area of land, whereas Flachland describes the landscape type of an entire region more generally. Use „Ebene“ for the individual area and „Flachland“ for the broader type of landscape.
Die Küstenregion ist flaches Flachland ohne größere Höhenunterschiede.
The coastal region is flat lowland with no significant differences in elevation.
Hinter dem Deich erstreckt sich eine weite Ebene ohne Berge.
A wide plain without any mountains stretches out behind the levee.
