Fliege

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Meaning

  1. (feminine) fly (insect)
  2. (feminine) bowtie

Synonyms

Querbinder

Mascherl

Krawattenschleife

Zweiflügler

Smokingschleife

künstlicher Köder

Diptera

Hausfliege

echte Fliege

Mascherl

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

fliege

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

butze

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

veegeligrawatte

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as
Flie‧ge
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfliːɡə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German fliege, vliege, from Old High German flioga, from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ. Cognate with Old English flēoġe (>English fly).

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