Flause

Meaning

1. (feminine, plural-normally) illusion, vain idea
2. (feminine, plural-normally) nonsense, blather

Concepts

resort

fib

tale

border

frieze

Synonyms

Ausweg

Ausrede

Umschweif

Ausflucht

Zierstreifen

Bühnenhimmel

Flausch

Fries

Translations

smoesje

smoes

toevlucht

draaierij

faux-fuyant

détour

pamplina

léria

trica

baratin

frise

slet

falòrnia

boniment

fregio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈflaʊ̯zə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German: vlūs

In summary

Borrowed from Middle Low German vlūs, vlūsch (“sheepskin”) or a derivative thereof, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”).
The figurative sense may have been derived from “flock of wool” via “worthless thing”. The same word was later borrowed again in its original sense as Fluse (“lint, fluff of fabric”). Compare also Flausch, which too is a doublet.