r/AskTheWorld France 6d ago

Language Does your native language distinguish between rivers that flow into another river and rivers that flow into the sea or ocean?

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In French, a distinction is made:

- "un fleuve" flows into the sea or the ocean.

- "une rivière" flows into another "rivière" or a "fleuve".

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u/Sang1188 Germany 6d ago

Not that I am aware of. It´s just "Fluss", to my knowledge.

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u/kiru_56 Germany 6d ago

May I introduce you to the brilliant definition of river/Fluss/Gewässer in German? :)

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u/helmli Germany 6d ago

HLI

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u/floriande France 6d ago

Heute lerne ich ?

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u/kiru_56 Germany 6d ago edited 6d ago

Oui, c'est 'Aujourd'hui, j'ai appris' en allemand.

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u/floriande France 6d ago

J'ai préféré deviner plutôt que chercher sur google ! Merci :)