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Fliese.

tile (on walls or floors)

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfliːzə/Germany/ˈfliːsɛ/[-z̥ɛ]Austria, Southern-Germany, Switzerland
  1. tile (on walls or floors)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle Low German vlīse, from Proto-Germanic *flīsō (“split chip”), a nasalized dental extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”), whence also Proto-Germanic *splītaną (“to split”). Cognate with Swedish flis (“wood chips”) (DWDS).

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