Sintflut

Significado (Inglés)

1. (feminine) Deluge, the Great Flood.
2. (feminine, figuratively) deluge (heavy rain)
3. (feminine, figuratively) deluge (a great or overwhelming flood of anything, abstract or material)

Conceptos

diluvio

aluvión

inundación

cataclismo

diluviano

diluvio universal

Sinónimos

Überschwemmung

Katastrophe

Schwall

Umsturz

Überflutung

sintflutartig

Flut

Inundation

Traducciones

diluvio

déluge

deluge

tufan

zondvloed

flood

aluvião

dilúvio

alluvione

diluvio universale

the Flood

inundação

diluvian

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈzɪn(t)ˌfluːt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de alto alemán medio: sinvluot

Heredado de alto alemán antiguo: sinfluot

Cognado con neerlandés: zondvloed

In summary

From Middle High German sinvluot, sintvluot, from Old High German sinfluot, sintfluot, from sin- (“great, eternal”, prefix) + fluot (“flood”), whence modern German Flut. The variant Sündflut is due to association with Sünde (“sin”), as also in cognate Dutch zondvloed. The i-form was almost fully obsolete for 200 years, until it was revived in the early 19th century after the scientific study of Middle High German. During the 20th century, it re-established itself in general use.