Flaute
See also: flaute
German edit
Etymology edit
Via Middle Low German [Term?] from Middle Dutch [Term?]. Equivalent to flau + -te. See the former for more.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Flaute f (genitive Flaute, plural Flauten)
- calm (period free from wind)
- lull, slack, slack period
- 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 49/2010, page 80:
- Nach dreijähriger Flaute werden in Deutschland erstmals wieder deutlich mehr Wohnungen und Häuser gebaut.
- After a slack period lasting three years, for the first time there are significantly more apartments and houses constructed again in Germany.
Declension edit
Declension of Flaute [feminine]
Further reading edit
- “Flaute” in Duden online