Fluss

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See also: Fluß

German

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Alternative forms

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  • Fluß (pre-1996 orthography)

Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /flʊs/
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  • Rhymes: -ʊs

Noun

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

  1. river
  2. flow

Declension

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Hyponyms

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Descendants

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  • Old High German: fluz
  • German: Fluss
  • Vilamovian: fłūs

Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /flus/
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Hyphenation: Fluss

Noun

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Fluss m (nominative plural Fliss)

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

Declension

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Further reading

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Plautdietsch

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Etymology

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From German Fluss (river).

Noun

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Fluss m (plural Flusse)

  1. river
  2. flow