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flit.

diligence, industriousness, energy

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. diligence, industriousness, energy

    common-gender
    där flitens lampa brinner
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish flit, from Middle Low German vlīt, vlît, from Old Saxon *flīt, from Proto-West Germanic *flīt, from Proto-Germanic *flītaz, for which compare *flītan (“to strive”). See also German Low German Fliet, Saterland Frisian Fliet, Dutch vlijt, Danish flid, Norwegian Bokmål flid, Norwegian Nynorsk flit, and German Fleiß, Fleiss.

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