Feminine

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

Opposite of
Ebbe
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fluːt/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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