Masculine
Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) river
  2. (masculine, strong) flow

Frequency

B1
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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