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liana
A woody climbing plant that occurs in tropical forests and climbs up trees in order to reach sunlight.
Affen kletterten geschickt an den dicken Lianen in die Baumkronen.
Monkeys skillfully climbed up the thick lianas into the treetops.
'Liane' (liana) is often used with verbs of movement in the jungle. Typical phrases are 'an Lianen schwingen' (to swing on lianas), 'an einer Liane hochklettern' (to climb up a liana), or 'sich durch Lianen kämpfen' (to fight one's way through lianas).
Wie Tarzan schwang er sich an einer Liane über den Fluss.
Like Tarzan, he swung on a liana over the river.
When movement along a liana is described (climbing, swinging, moving hand over hand), the preposition 'an' is used with the dative: 'an einer Liane' (on/along a liana).
Der Affe kletterte geschickt an der Liane nach oben.
The monkey skillfully climbed up the liana.
The word 'Liane' (liana) is used almost exclusively in the context of tropical forests, jungles, or adventure stories.
Im dichten Regenwald hingen überall Lianen von den Bäumen.
In the dense rainforest, lianas hung from the trees everywhere.
vine
'die Rebe' and 'die Liane' are both climbing plants or twining plant parts. The main difference is the place and the type of plant. 'Rebe' is used mainly for the grapevine, on which wine grapes grow, or for its tendrils. 'Liane' means a woody climbing plant in tropical forests that grows upward on trees. The words can be confused because both climb or twine. For wine and vineyards, say 'Rebe'; for tropical forests, 'Liane' is more likely.
Im tropischen Wald hing eine dicke Liane von einem hohen Baum herab.
In the tropical forest, a thick liana hung down from a tall tree.
Im Weinberg trägt jede Rebe im Herbst viele Trauben.
In the vineyard, each vine bears many grapes in autumn.