Flotte

See also: flotte and flotté

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vlōte, which pertains to fließen (“to flow”). The contemporary form is modelled on French flotte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔtə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔtə

Noun

Flotte f (genitive Flotte, plural Flotten)

1. fleet

Declension

Declension of Flotte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Flotte	die	Flotten
genitive	einer	der	Flotte	der	Flotten
dative	einer	der	Flotte	den	Flotten
accusative	eine	die	Flotte	die	Flotten

Derived terms

• Flottenadmiral

Further reading

• “Flotte” in Duden online
• “Flotte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Flotte”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891