Isar

American

[ee-zahr] / ˈi zɑr /

noun

a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.

Isar British

/ ˈiːzɑː /

noun

a river in central Europe, rising in W Austria and flowing generally northeast through S Germany into the Danube. Length: over 260 km (160 miles)

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Isar launched from the only site in continental Europe outside Russia with the proven ability to send satellites into orbit: Andøya Space in Norway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The Eisbach wave on a side branch of the Isar River had been a landmark in the Bavarian city since the 1980s but it vanished in October after annual cleanup work along the riverbed.

From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025

An invention by TUM and Klinikum rechts der Isar -- the GyroTrainer -- is designed to promote long-term, tailor-made back exercises in the future.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023

The items construction workers found, including columns and a large piece of the synagogue’s Torah shrine, were 15 to 25 feet below the surface of the Isar River at a site south of Munich.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

It can all be so again—it needn't be the Isar.

From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various

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