die Sirene
Translation
siren
Examples
Die Sirene des Krankenwagens ist laut.
The ambulance's siren is loud.
Die Sirenen heulten die ganze Nacht.
The sirens wailed all night.
Odysseus widerstand dem Gesang der Sirenen.
Odysseus resisted the song of the Sirens.
Grammar Patterns
die Sirene heult the siren wails Suddenly, a siren wailed.
Similar Words
Alarm, Hupe (horn)
Etymology
From Greek mythology's 'Seirēn', a creature whose song lured sailors to their doom. The name was adopted for warning devices due to their powerful, penetrating sound.
Memory Tips
The sound of a police 'siren' is as hard to ignore as the song of a mythological 'Siren'.