Feminin

Fluse

Bedeutung (Englisch)

fluff, lint of fabric, wool, etc.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈfluːzə/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Borrowed from Low German Fluse, from Middle Low German vlūs (“sheepskin”) or a derivative thereof, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”). The same word from an earlier borrowing is Flause (“illusion”), making these doublets along with Flausch.

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