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German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German vluht, from Old High German fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti (“escape”). Pertaining to fliehen (“to flee”).
Noun
Flucht f (genitive Flucht, plural Fluchten)
- escape, flight (act of fleeing)
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Etymology 2
From Middle Low German vlucht, from Old Saxon fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti (“flying”). Pertaining to fliegen (“to fly”).
Noun
Flucht f (genitive Flucht, plural Fluchten)
- (construction, technical) line, alignment (vertical or horizontal line along which houses, walls, windows or other building elements are arranged)
- (construction, dated as a simplex) suite, line of rooms, number of rooms interconnected by doors
- Synonyms: Suite, Zimmerflucht
- (ornithology) flock of birds
- Synonym: Schwarm (the normal word)
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Further reading
- “Flucht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Plautdietsch
Noun
Flucht f (plural Fluchte)
- flight (act of fleeing)
- escape