Pflug

Meaning

plough, plow

Concepts

plough

plow

ploughs

hoe

plows

reversible ploughs

plough

Synonyms

Hakenpflug

pflügen

Spaten

Feldhacke

reversibler Pflug

Haue

Pflug Landwirtschaft

Haken

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flache Hacke

Translations

charrue

aratro

ploeg

arado

arado

aratrum

arada

saban

αλέτρι

άροτρο

محراث

pulluk

charrua

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

pflueg

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pfluːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: pfluoc

Inherited from Old High German: pfluog

Cognate with Low German: Ploog

Cognate with Dutch: ploeg

Cognate with English: plough

Cognate with Scots: pleuch, plou

Cognate with Western Frisian: ploech

Cognate with Northern Frisian: plog

Cognate with Danish: plov

Cognate with Swedish: plog

Cognate with Icelandic: plógur

In summary

From Middle High German pfluoc, from Old High German pfluog, phluog, from Proto-West Germanic *plōg, from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz, *plōguz (“plough”). Cognate with Low German Ploog, Dutch ploeg, English plough, Scots pleuch, plou, West Frisian ploech, North Frisian plog, Danish plov, Swedish plog, Icelandic plógur.