Fluss

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German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • Fluß (pre-1996 orthography)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German vluz, from Old High German fluz, from Proto-West Germanic *fluti, from Proto-Germanic *flutiz, ultimately from the same root of fließen (“to flow”).

Not cognate with Latin fluvius, which derives instead from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /flʊs/
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊs

Noun[edit]

Fluss m (strong, genitive Flusses, plural Flüsse, diminutive Flüsschen n or Flüsslein n)

  1. river
  2. flow

Declension[edit]

Declension of Fluss [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Fluss die Flüsse
genitive eines des Flusses der Flüsse
dative einem dem Fluss, Flusse1 den Flüssen
accusative einen den Fluss die Flüsse

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “Fluss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Fluss” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Fluss” in Duden online
  • “Fluss” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Fluss on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German vluz, from Old High German fluz, from Proto-West Germanic *flōdu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Fluss m (plural Fliss)

  1. river
    De greesest Fluss fun de Äerd is de Amazonas.
    The largest river of the earth is the Amazon.
  2. flow

Synonyms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Plautdietsch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Fluss (“river”).

Noun[edit]

Fluss m (plural Flusse)

  1. river
  2. flow
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