Floß

See also: floß, floss, Floss, and FLOSS

German

Alternative forms

• Floss (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)

Etymology

From Middle High German vlōz n, m, from Old High German flōz n, ultimately from the root of fließen (“to flow”). Compare Dutch vlot (“raft”), a related but different formation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floːs/

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• Rhymes: -oːs
• Homophone: Flohs

Noun

Floß n or (obsolete) m (strong, genitive Floßes, plural Flöße or (less common) Floße)

1. raft

Usage notes

• The word is always neuter in contemporary German, the masculine being obsolete. Nevertheless Floß takes the formally masculine plural Flöße, thus being the only neuter with a plural in -e + umlaut. The regularized form Floße is sometimes heard in the vernacular.

Declension

Declension of Floß [neuter // masculine (obsolete), strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Floß	die	Flöße, Floße
genitive	eines	des	Floßes	der	Flöße, Floße
dative	einem	dem	Floß, Floße1	den	Flößen, Floßen
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Floß	die	Flöße, Floße

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• flöß­bar (adjective)
• Floß­boot n
• Floß­brü­cke f
• flößen (verb)
• Floßfahrt f
• Floßführer m
• Floßgasse f
• Floßgraben m
• Floßhaken m
• Floßholz n
• Floßlände f

 

Hyponym

• Holzfloß
• Rettungsfloß

Further reading

• “Floß” in Duden online
• “Floß” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache