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- "Ich schwimme im Rhein."
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The Rhein is in southern Germany. It runs through the swiss city of Basel. Fascinating to watch people 'swimming' in it as its so fast flowing they just jump in and float down a km or two.
At Eglisau it is not that fast and there is a nice little beach. You can even swim upstream. The water is so clean you can see 2 meters down. Great place.
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At the beach at Dameisha, Shenzhen, China, they post warnings when there are more than 50,000 people on it. Lovely place though with expansive views over Mirs Bay to the Qiniang Mountains on one side and the Pat Heung Range on the other. Lines of post Panamax container ships waiting for the port round the point add to the scene
I'm in Cologne and I've never seen anyone swimming in Rhein. Even kayaks are seldom to see with the fast flow.
I took a kayak in it near Breisach, but the greatest hazard was the wake from larger boats.
Stimmt, das sind schon bestimmt 40 Jahre her das man das konnte. Danach konnte Agfa seine Filme drin entwickeln ;-)
Sounds like fun! I have only swum in it down stream where it was wide and not fast flowing at all. I could just swim across, although I had to look out for all the barges.
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I always spell it Rhein, even in English documents. Sometimes, DL is just to dang pedantic.
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Every language has its own name for it (like French Rhin or Dutch Rijn). I'd say it's like any other word that you learn, and so in English writing we should use the English name.
yes, we do. we use 'the' when describing any river (the Mississippi, the Tigris, etc.)
- 1726
Can anyone clear this up? I read in a guide that rivers in germany were usually feminine like 'die spree' But in foreign countries the nile or mississippi and others were masculine
That's true - der Rhein is just an exception. Another main exception is der Main (as in Frankfurt).
Also foreign rivers are feminine if they end in -a or -e: die Themse, die Wolga.
In my town(Ludwigshafen) it is prohibited to swim in Rhein, which is a shame but there must be a reason to it
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Yes, there was a "Sendung mit der Maus" that had a segment about the dangers of the Rhein. As I recall, vortices under the surface in many spots can trap and drown even strong swimmers. Besides, I think the water is not very clean.
On the contrary, according to Chocolatey55 and JMN101 above, they say most rivers in Germany are feminine, with a couple acceptions. Foreign rivers are masculine unless ending with an a or e.
I'm swimmin' in the Rhine, just swimmin' in the Rhine What a glorious feeling, I'm happy again.
"...I'm swimming in the Rhine Swimming in the Rhine What a glorious thing..."
The Rhine is not such a famous river to use, unlike the Thames, which (not exactly) every educated person knows about.
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That's acceptable but not particularly idiomatic in English, where you usually use the "progressive" present: [Subject] [to be] [present participle of main verb].
