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flod.

flooding, flood, deluge

4 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/fluːd//fluː/

  1. flooding, flood, deluge

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Danish flod, from Old Norse flóð (“flood”), from Proto-Germanic *flōduz. Doublet of flo (“high tide”). The Danish word (like Swedish flod) acquired the sense “river” through influence of Middle Low German vlôt f, from the same etymon as above, as well as related vlȫt(e) m, from Proto-West Germanic *fluti (“flow”); the latter is cognate with German Fluss.

noun/fluːd//fluː/

  1. a large river

    masculine

  2. flow, stream (e.g. of tears)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Danish flod, from Old Norse flóð (“flood”), from Proto-Germanic *flōduz. Doublet of flo (“high tide”). The Danish word (like Swedish flod) acquired the sense “river” through influence of Middle Low German vlôt f, from the same etymon as above, as well as related vlȫt(e) m, from Proto-West Germanic *fluti (“flow”); the latter is cognate with German Fluss.

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