Flause

(Engels)

1. (feminine, plural-normally) illusion, vain idea
2. (feminine, plural-normally) nonsense, blather

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈflaʊ̯zə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geleen van Middle Low German: vlūs

In summary

Borrowed from Middle Low German vlūs, vlūsch (“sheepskin”) or a derivative thereof, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”).
The figurative sense may have been derived from “flock of wool” via “worthless thing”. The same word was later borrowed again in its original sense as Fluse (“lint, fluff of fabric”). Compare also Flausch, which too is a doublet.

Sinonieme

Ausweg

Ausrede

Umschweif

Ausflucht

Zierstreifen

Bühnenhimmel

Flausch

Fries