how to pronounce waterloo
/ˈvaːtəʁˌloː/
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waterloo is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of waterloo in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:
“… in der nähe des bahnhofs waterloo in der …”
meanings of waterloo
name:
- Waterloo (village in Belgium).
noun:
- A decisive defeat; a Waterloo.
waterloo frequency in german - C2+ level of CEFR
the word waterloo occurs in german on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
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