Fluss

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

  • IPA(key): /flʊs/
  • Audio:(file)
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  • Rhymes: -ʊs

Noun

Fluss m (strong, genitive Flusses, plural Flüsse, diminutive Flüsschen n or Flüsslein n)

  1. river
  2. flow

Declension

Declension of Fluss [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Fluss die Flüsse
genitive eines des Flusses der Flüsse
dative einem dem Fluss, Flusse1 den Flüssen
accusative einen den Fluss die Flüsse

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Descendants

  • Old High German: fluz
  • → German: Fluss
  • → Vilamovian: fłūs

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈflus/
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: Fluss

Noun

Fluss m (plural Fliss)

  1. river
    Synonym: Rio
    De greesest Fluss fun de Äerd is de Amazonas.
    The largest river of the earth is the Amazon.
  2. flow

Further reading

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From German Fluss (“river”).

Noun

Fluss m (plural Flusse)

  1. river
  2. flow
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