Cuxhaven

American  

[kooks-hah-fuhn] / ˌkʊksˈhɑ fən /

noun

1. a seaport in NW Germany, at the mouth of the Elbe River.

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Cuxhaven British  

/ ˈkʊksˌhɑːvən, kʊksˈhaːfən /

noun

1. a port in NW Germany, at the mouth of the River Elbe. Pop: 52 876 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

One of the few native Helgolanders still alive from that time remembers hearing the blast as a “rumble, like thunder” in the German seaside town of Cuxhaven, about 35 miles away.

From National Geographic • Jan. 17, 2024

The larger cargo ship involved in the collision — the Bahamas-flagged Polesie, which had 22 people on board — was able to reach the German port of Cuxhaven under its own steam.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

“We are now doing everything humanly possible to rescue more people alive,” the head of the emergency command, Robby Renner, said at a news conference in Cuxhaven.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023

The trains, which will serve cities including Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven, will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells that generate electricity through a chemical reaction.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2018

At Cuxhaven a motor launch flying Nazi flags pulled alongside the ship to take off German news writers and photographers who had boarded at Le Havre.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown