fließen

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German

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Etymology

From Middle High German vliezen, from Old High German fliozan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleutan, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, akin to English fleet (verb), Old Saxon fliotan and Dutch vlieten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfliːsn̩/, /ˈfliːsən/
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Verb

fließen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present fließt, past tense floss, past participle geflossen, past subjunctive flösse, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to flow

Conjugation

Before 1996, the conjugated forms floss and flosst were spelled floß and floßt respectively. Since the 1996 German Spelling Reform, though, they are spelled with ss.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • fließen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • fließen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • fließen” in Duden online
  • fließen” in OpenThesaurus.de