Flaum

Meaning

fluff; down (thin hair, such as on an adolescent boy’s upper lip)

Concepts

fluff

down

fuzz

soft hair

feathers

floccus

download

down fluff

downstream

lint

nap

plumage

fine hair

hair

Synonyms

Härchen

Daune

Flaumfeder

Haar

Milchbart

Daunen

Feder

🪶

Fussel

Arm

Gefieder

flaumiges Haar

Behaarung

Fell

Faserbart

Körperhaar

Fluse

Flaumhaar

Flusen

verspotten

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

fluum

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/flaʊ̯m/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: phlūme

Inherited from Old High German: phlūma

In summary

From Middle High German phlūme, from Old High German phlūma, from Proto-West Germanic *plūmu (“down feather”). The modern onset f- instead of pf- is East Central German.