Wetterhorn

American  

[vet-er-hawrn] / ˈvɛt ərˌhɔrn /

noun

1. a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. 12,149 feet (3,715 meters).

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Wetterhorn British  

/ ˈvɛtərˌhɔrn /

noun

1. a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. Height: 3701 m (12 143 ft)

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Example Sentences

“You live in complete solitude, just you, your animals and your thoughts,” he said, gazing at the windswept tundra below the soaring Uncompahgre and Wetterhorn peaks.

From New York Times

The romantic alpinists who climbed mountains such as the Matterhorn and Wetterhorn gave way to larger expeditions; the British using their global status to overpower assorted peaks in Asia, Africa and South America.

From The Guardian

When I was on the Scheideck, a glimpse of the lower part of the Wetterhorn was sometimes visible through the clouds, and it seemed beyond measure magnificent and sublime; but I only saw the base.

From Project Gutenberg

I knew the weather-beaten features of more than one of them full well, and reverently I greeted the giants by name, Schreckhorn, Wetterhorn, Finsteraarhorn, Monte Rosa, Monte Viso, and her, the virgin warrior with lowered vizor over her beautiful face immaculate as Diana in her snow-white garb, Die Jungfrau!

From Project Gutenberg

It is shut in on the south by the precipices of the Wetterhorn, Mettenberg and Eiger, between which two famous glaciers flow down.

From Project Gutenberg