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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Pflug.
Proper noun
Pflug (plural Pflugs)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- 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.
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German
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /pfluːk/ (standard)
- 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
Pflug m (strong, genitive Pfluges or Pflugs, plural Pflüge, diminutive Pflüglein n)
- plough, plow
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: پلوغ (pullug)
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