Pflug
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Pflug (plural Pflugs)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pflug is the 23920th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1055 individuals. Pflug is most common among White (96.02%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pflug”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German pfluoc, from Old High German pfluog, phluog, from Proto-West Germanic *plōg, from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz, *plōguz (“plough”). Cognate with Low German Ploog, Dutch ploeg, English plough, Scots pleuch, plou, West Frisian ploech, North Frisian plog, Danish plov, Swedish plog, Icelandic plógur.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pfluːk/ (standard)
Audio: (file) - IPA(key): /fluːk/ (northern and central Germany; quasi-standard)
- IPA(key): /fluːx/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
- Rhymes: -uːk
- Homophones: Flug, Fluch (regional)
Noun
[edit]Pflug m (strong, genitive Pfluges or Pflugs, plural Pflüge, diminutive Pflüglein n)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Pflug [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]- Pflüger
- pfluglos
- Pflugmacher
- Schneepflug
- Schwellenpflug
- das beste Wappen in der Welt ist der Pflug im Ackerfeld
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Ottoman Turkish: پلوغ (pullug)
Further reading
[edit]- “Pflug” in Duden online
- “Pflug” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Pflug” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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