flöte

• fläute (Kölsch, but now also the ö-form)
• fläte, flete (Moselle Franconian)

Derived from Flöt, ultimately from Old French fleute.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfløːtə/

flöte (third-person singular present flöt, past participle jeflöt)

1. (Ripuarian) to whistle or play a wind instrument

   Synonym: (very rare in this sense) piefe

2. (Ripuarian) to act as referee

   Wat dä höck widder flöt, dat jlööv kee Mensch!

   No one would believe the way this guy is refereeing today!

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flöte

1. inflection of flöten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

From the verb flyta (“to float”).

• IPA^(key): /²fløːtɛ/
• Rhymes: -²øːte

flöte n

1. (fishing) a fishing float, a bobber

• pumla (dialectal)

• flöte in Svensk ordbok (SO)

• fölet, löfte