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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Danish flodhe, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic *flutô (“float, raft”), cognate with Norwegian flåte, Swedish flotte, English float, German Flosse (“fin”). In the sense "fleet", the word has been influenced by French flotte (which is itself a loan from Germanic).
Noun
flåde c (singular definite flåden, plural indefinite flåder)
- raft (a floating timber platform or an inflatable rubber boat)
- fleet (a group of vessels)
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Etymology 2
From Old Norse flota, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną, cognate with Norwegian flote, Swedish flotta, English float, Dutch vlotten. Related to the verb Proto-Germanic *fleutaną (“to float”) (Danish flyde).
Verb
flåde (past tense flådede, past participle flådet)
- (transitive) to raft, float (to transport something by having it float on a river)
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