Fleiß

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See also: Fleiss

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German flīz, vlīz, from Old High German flīz, from Proto-West Germanic *flītan (“to strive”), from Proto-Germanic *flītaz, *flītiz (“strife, zeal, effort, diligence”).

Cognate with German Low German Fliet, Dutch vlijt, Saterland Frisian Fliet, English flite.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flaɪ̯s/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s
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Noun

Fleiß m (strong, genitive Fleißes, no plural)

  1. diligence, industriousness, assiduity, assiduousness, effort, hard work
    • 1836, Heinrich Heine, “Die romantische Schule”, in Heinrich Heine: Werke und Briefe in zehn Bänden, volume 5, Aufbau-Verlag, published 1972, page 38:
      [...] jetzt übersetzte er, mit unerhörtem Fleiß, auch die übrigen heidnischen Dichter des Altertums, [...]
      now he translated, with unheard-of effort, also the remaining pagan poets of the antiquity,

Declension

Declension of Fleiß
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Fleiß
genitive eines des Fleißes
dative einem dem Fleiß, Fleiße1
accusative einen den Fleiß

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading

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