Weather words in German

Weather words and weather-related expressions in German (Deutsch) with English equivalents.

Deutsch	English
das Wetter	the weather
die Wettervorhersage	the weather forecast
Wie ist das Wetter heute?	What is the weather like today?
Heute ist es schön	The weather is nice today
Was für ein schöner Tag!	What a nice day!
Die Sonne scheint	The sun is shining
ein Hundewetter	bad weather
der Tau	dew
der Regen	rain
Es regnet	It is raining
der Nieselregen	drizzle
Es nieselt	It is drizzling
der Schnee	snow
Es schneit	It is snowing
der Hagel	hail
Es hagelt	It is hailing
der Schneeregen	sleet
der Schneematsch	slush
Es sieht nach Regen aus	It looks like rain
der Frost	frost
Es hat getaut	The snow has melted / has started to melt
Es hat gefroren	It froze
der Niederschlag	precipitation
die Wolke	cloud
Es ist bewölkt; Es ist bedeckt	It is cloudy
Der Himmel hat sich zugezogen	Clouds have covered the sky The sky has become overcast
der Nebel	fog
Es ist neblig	it is foggy
Es ist trüb	It is hazy
der Wind	wind
Der Wind weht	The wind is blowing; It is windy
der Sturm	storm
Es ist stürmisch	It is stormy
das Gewitter	thunderstorm
der Donner	thunder
der Blitz	bolt of lightning
Es donnert	It is thundering
Es blitzt und donnert	There's thunder and lightning
Ich bin in einen Sturm geraten	I got caught by a storm
Es ist kalt	It is cold
Es ist frisch	It is chilly or windy
Es ist kühl	It is cool
Es ist angenehm	it is a comfortable temperature
Es ist warm	It is warm
Es ist heiß	It is hot

Idioms for heavy rain

Deutsch	English
Es regnet/gießt Schusterjungs	It's raining/pouring shoemakers
Es regnet junge Hunde	It's raining puppies
Es regnet in Strömen	It's raining in streams
Es regnet wie aus Kübeln	It's raining like out of buckets
Es schüttet wie aus Eimern	It's pouring like out of buckets
Es regnet Bindfäden	It's raining twine

Other idioms for heavy rain in various languages

German weather words and expressions supplied by Philip Newton

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Links

More weather words in German
https://www.rocketlanguages.com/german/learn/weather-in-german/
http://joycep.myweb.port.ac.uk/abinitio/chap10-6.html
http://www.pimsleurapproach.com/resources/german/vocabulary-lists/weather/

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How to talk about the weather in a variety of languages

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