iceberg

1. A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf

   The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank.

   Eisberg

   а́йсбергájsberg

   а́йсбергájsberh

   a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier

2. (US, slang)An aloof person.

3. (figuratively)An impending disastrous event whose adverse effects are only beginning to show.

4. (Internet, figuratively, slang)A topic that is more convoluted and fractal than it may seem.

   Near-synonym: rabbit hole

   Do some digging into that politician's past life and associates, and you'll see that the iceberg runs deep.

5. A topic that is more convoluted and fractal than it may seem.

   (Internet, broadly, figuratively, slang)A list, infographic, or other enumeration of such a topic and its subcomponents, often ordered into groups sorted by obscurity and bizarreness.

   Check out the gaming iceberg on this post! There's some really freaky titles there that I've never heard of.

   Today we're gonna talk about the Star Wars iceberg.

6. (obsolete)The seaward end of a glacier.

1. It's the tip of the iceberg.

   Це верхівка айсберга.

   ruЭто верхушка айсберга.

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2. It's just the tip of the iceberg.

   Це лише верхівка айсберга.

   ruЭто лишь вершина айсберга.

   deDas ist nur die Spitze des Eisbergs.

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3. That's only the tip of the iceberg.

   Це лише верхівка айсберга.

   ruЭто только вершина айсберга.

   deDas ist nur die Spitze des Eisbergs.

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4. What you see above the water is just the tip of the iceberg.

   ruТо, что вы видите над водой, - это только вершина айсберга.

   deWas man über dem Wasser sieht, ist nur die Spitze des Eisbergs.

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5. The passengers were asleep in their cabins when the ship hit a huge iceberg.

   ruПассажиры спали в своих каютах, когда корабль столкнулся с огромным айсбергом.

   deDie Passagiere schliefen in ihren Kabinen, als das Schiff mit einem riesigen Eisberg kollidierte.

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