English-German translations for depth

• Tiefe die
  Die durchschnittliche Tiefe beträgt 58 Meter. The average depth is 58 metres.
  Für mich bedeutet "Dimension" Tiefe, Wirkungsbereich. For me, 'dimension' means depth, it means scope.
  Er geht bei der Untersuchung der Gründe nicht in die Tiefe und strebt keine Lösungen an. It does not examine the causes in depth, or seek solutions.
• Abgrund der
• Teufe
• Wassertiefe
  In Deutschland gab es einmal eine Vorschrift, die hieß: Ab 80 cm Wassertiefe muss der Soldat selbständig mit Schwimmbewegungen beginnen. In Germany, there was at one time a regulation which stated that a soldier had to start swimming, once he reached a depth of 80 cm of water.
  Der Staat beabsichtigt, Windparks vor der Küste einzurichten, obgleich die verfügbare Technologie nicht für die Wassertiefe der maltesischen Gewässer geeignet ist. The Government is intent on setting up offshore wind farms notwithstanding that the technology is not available for the depths of Maltese waters.

Definition of depth

• the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
• the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
• lowness
• the total palette of available colors
• the deepest part
• a very remote part
• the most severe part
• the number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content
• the perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface

Examples

• Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay
• The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone
• The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated
• We were impressed by the depth of her knowledge
• the depth of a sound
• The depth of field in this picture is amazing
• The burning ship finally sunk into the depths
• Into the depths of the jungle
• In the depths of the night
• in the depth of the crisis
• in the depths of winter

Related words

• depths
• in-depth
• depth of field
• depth charge
• depth psychology
• depth gauge
• depth contour
• depth line
• depth of hold