Masculine
Fleiß
Meaning
diligence, industriousness, assiduity, assiduousness, effort, hard work
Concepts
diligent service
risking one’s life
Synonyms
Arbeitsfreude
Unverdrossenheit
Beflissenheit
Translations
diligenza
application
çalışkanlık
vlijt
aplicación
diligênciaFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/flaɪ̯s/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German flīz, vlīz, from Old High German flīz, from Proto-West Germanic *flītan (“to strive”), from Proto-Germanic *flītaz, *flītiz (“strife, zeal, effort, diligence”). Cognate with German Low German Fliet, Dutch vlijt, Saterland Frisian Fliet, English flite.
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