Floh

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East Central German

Proper noun

Floh m

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) a diminutive of the male given name Florian

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 43:

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vlō, from Old High German flōh, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh.

Compare Low German Flo, Dutch vlo, English flea, Icelandic fló.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /floː/
  • Rhymes: -oː
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Noun

Floh m (strong, genitive Flohes or Flohs, plural Flöhe, diminutive Flöhchen n)

  1. flea

Declension

Declension of Floh
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Floh die Flöhe
genitive eines des Flohes, Flohs der Flöhe
dative einem dem Floh, Flohe1 den Flöhen
accusative einen den Floh die Flöhe

1Now rare, see notes.

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