fløde
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Danish fløthæ, Old Norse flautir f pl (“sour whipped milk”), from Proto-Germanic *flautijǭ, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål fløte, fløyte, Old English flīete f (“cream”). Derived from *fleutaną (“to float”) (Danish flyde).
Noun edit
fløde c (singular definite fløden, not used in plural form)
- cream (fat from milk)
- (figuratively) cream (the best of something)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse fleyta, from Proto-Germanic *flautijaną, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk fløyte, Norwegian Bokmål fløte, German flößen. A causative of the verb Proto-Germanic *fleutaną (“to float”) (Danish flyde).
Verb edit
fløde (past tense flødede, past participle flødet)
- (transitive, rare) to raft, float (to transport something by having it flot on a river)
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Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse flœða, from Proto-Germanic *flōdijaną, cognate with Norwegian flø, Swedish flöda, German fluten. Derived from the noun *flōduz (“flood”) (Danish flod).
Verb edit
fløde (past tense flødede, past participle flødet)
- (intransitive, archaic) to flood, be flood tide
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
fløde f or n (definite singular fløda or flødet, indefinite plural fløder or fløde, definite plural flødene or fløda)
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Verb edit
fløde (present tense fløder, past tense flødde, past participle flødt/flødd, passive infinitive flødast, present participle flødande, imperative flød)
- Alternative form of flø
References edit
- “fløde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.