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Wolke

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Aus dem Fenster eines Flugzeugs können Wolken manchmal von Nahem betrachtet werden.

From an airplane window, clouds can sometimes be seen up close.

In einem Flugzeug reist man meist über den Wolken.

In an airplane, you usually travel above the clouds.

Denn hohe Wolken liegen in einer Höhe von ungefähr 5 bis 13 Kilometern über dem Boden.

Because high clouds are at an altitude of roughly 5 to 13 kilometers above the ground.

Moderne Passagier-Flugzeuge fliegen zwischen 9 und 12 Kilometern hoch.

Modern passenger planes fly at between 9 and 12 kilometers in altitude.

4 words above C2

zwischen

between governs dative here (range of numbers), can also take accusative for direction

liegen

to be located, to lie strong verb: liegen, lag, gelegen; here 3rd person plural present

Höhe← die Höhe

height, altitude feminine noun, here in dative singular after 'in'

meist

mostly, usually short form of 'meistens'

über den Wolken

When 'über' describes where something is located (static, no movement), it takes the dative case. The dative article 'den' (plural) indicates this.

reist man

The pronoun 'man' is used as a generic subject meaning 'one' or 'people in general'. The verb is conjugated in the third-person singular: 'reist'.

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