Masculine
Fluss
Sentences
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) river
- (masculine, strong) flow
Concepts
water course
water current
Synonyms
Durchfluss
Fluſs
Flussverlauf
Kraftfluss
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/flʊs/
Etymology
In summary
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-.
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