Brüstung
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʁʏstʊŋ/
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Noun
Brüstung f (genitive Brüstung, plural Brüstungen)
- parapet; balustrade (kind of railing, usually of stone and often solid rather than in the form of a fence)
- Synonym: (when in the form of a fence) Balustrade
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 125:
- Er sah sie, von Schneeflocken umweht, auf einem kleinen Balkon stehen, die Hände auf die Brüstung gestützt und nach unten blickend.
- He saw her, snowflakes blowing around her, standing on a small balcony, the hands rested on the balustrade and looking down.
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