Zugspitze

American  

[zoog-spit-suh, tsook-shpit-suh] / ˈzug spɪt sə, ˈtsuk ʃpɪt sə /

noun

1. a mountain in S central Germany, on the Austrian border: highest peak of the Bavarian Alps and in Germany. 9,718 feet (2,962 meters).

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Zugspitze British  

/ ˈtsʊɡˌʃpɪtsə /

noun

1. a mountain peak in S Germany in the Bavarian Alps, on the Austrian border: the highest peak in Germany. Height: 2963 m (9721 ft)

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Example Sentences

Police said rescue operations with about 100 officers were underway and at least four people had been pulled out of the water in the valley known as Höllentalklamm near Germany’s tallest mountain, Zugspitze.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2021

One of the glaciers on the northern face of the country’s highest peak, the Zugspitze, is losing 250 liters or 66 gallons of water every 30 seconds, it found.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2021

The technique spread to Germany’s Zugspitze and Switzerland’s Verbier—and now Russia is using blankets to guarantee snow for the Olympics in subtropical Sochi.

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 23, 2014

High on the Zugspitze vacationers took time to vote, and from Baltic beaches bathers ambled inland to cast their ballots.

From Time Magazine Archive

The south frontier is formed by a branch of the Noric Alps, offsets from which project far into the plateau; principal peaks: the Zugspitze, 10,394 feet, and the Watzmann, 9470 feet.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various