/ɛs ˈʁeːɡnət ˈbɪntˌfɛːdn̩/ lit. ‘it’s raining string’
German idiom, everyday. It is raining very heavily.
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How do people use Es regnet Bindfäden
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Everyday German, a bit more vivid than “es schüttet” or “es regnet in Strömen”. In the past: “es regnete Bindfäden” or “es hat Bindfäden geregnet”.
Es regnet Bindfäden
in real sentences
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Es regnete Bindfäden.
It was raining cats and dogs.
Tatoeba, sentence by freddy1, translation by sundown, CC BY 2.0 FR
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Gestern hat es Bindfäden geregnet.
It rained cats and dogs yesterday.
Tatoeba, sentence by christian63, CC BY 2.0 FR
Where does Es regnet Bindfäden
come from?
Same picture as the French ropes, only thinner: rain falling in straight lines like string. Bindfaden is the string you tie parcels with. German Wiktionary cites the Duden dictionary of idioms for it.
Mistakes learners make with Es regnet Bindfäden
“Bindfaden” in the singular: it’s always the plural, “Bindfäden”. And “es regnet Katzen und Hunde” isn’t German, though German has its own dog version: “es regnet junge Hunde” (it’s raining puppies).
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