tip of the iceberg

Etymology


From the fact that floating icebergs typically have about nine-tenths of their volume below the surface of the water. Early 20th-century uses of the term are believed to have been influenced by the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic on 15 April 1912 after it struck an iceberg.

Noun

 * 1)  A small indication of a larger possibility; the first part encountered of a problem that is much bigger than it seems.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: oortjies van die seekoei, punt van die ysberg
 * Bulgarian: връ́х на а́йсберга
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: špička ledovce
 * Danish: toppen av isbjerget
 * Dutch: topje van de ijsberg
 * Estonian: jäämäe tipp
 * Finnish: jäävuoren huippu
 * French:, , sommet de l'iceberg
 * Galician: punta do iceberg
 * German: Spitze des Eisbergs
 * Greek: κορυφή του παγόβουνου
 * Hebrew: קצה הקרחון
 * Hungarian: a jéghegy csúcsa
 * Icelandic: toppur á ísjakanum
 * Italian: punta dell'iceberg
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 빙산의 일각
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: toppen av isfjellet
 * Nynorsk: toppen av isfjellet
 * Occitan: partida emergida de l'iceberg, poncha de l'iceberg, punta de l'iceberg,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ponta do icebergue,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cìrean na tuile
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: вр̏х ле̏дено̄г брије̑га, вр̏х ле̏дено̄г бре̑га
 * Roman: vȑh lȅdenōg brijȇga, vȑh lȅdenōg brȇga
 * Slovene: vrh ledene gore
 * Spanish: punta del iceberg, solo el inicio
 * Swedish: toppen av ett isberg, toppen av isberget
 * Turkish: buz dağının görünen kısmı
 * Ukrainian: верхі́вка а́йсберга