Flut

Meaning

1. (feminine) flow, flood, high tide (rising movement of the tide; the time around when it reaches its peak)
2. (feminine,in-plural,often) flood(s), great masses of water, usually of the sea
3. (feminine) flooding, flood, overflow of a body of water; usually only when very violent and disastrous

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fluːt/

Etymology

From Middle High German vluot, Old High German fluot, from Proto-West Germanic *flōdu, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz. Compare Dutch vloed, English flood, Danish flod, Icelandic flóð.

Sentences

Dort wurde die Flut von der Cascade-Staumauer zunächst aufgehalten .

There, the flood was initially stopped by the Cascade dam.