Fluss
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See also: Fluß
German
Alternative forms
- Fluß (pre-1996 orthography)
Etymology
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
Noun
Fluss m (strong, genitive Flusses, plural Flüsse, diminutive Flüsschen n or Flüsslein n)
Declension
Declension of Fluss
Hyponyms
- Abfluss
- Amurfluss
- Ausfluss (“effluent”)
- Blutfluss (“blood flow”)
- Dnepr-Fluss
- Dneprfluss
- Dnjepr-Fluss
- Dnjeprfluss
- Einfluss
- Eiterfluss
- Energiefluss
- Geldfluss
- Grenzfluss
- Kongo-Fluss
- Kongofluss
- Kraftfluss (“power flow”)
- Lavafluss
- Memelfluss
- Nebenfluss
- Quellfluss
- Redefluss (“flow of words”)
- Schmelzfluss
- Senegalfluss
- Überfluss
- Verkehrsfluss (“traffic flow”)
- Wasserfluss (“water flow”)
- Zufluss
- Zusammenfluss
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
From Middle High German vluz, from Old High German fluz, from Proto-West Germanic *flōdu.
Pronunciation
Noun
Fluss m (plural Fliss)
- river
- Synonym: Rio
- De greesest Fluss fun de Äerd is de Amazonas.
- The largest river of the earth is the Amazon.
- flow
Further reading
- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Fluss”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 56
Plautdietsch
Etymology
Noun
Fluss m (plural Flusse)