Schluff

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sluf (“slipping out”), from the root of schlüpfen (“to slip”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Schluff m (strong, genitive Schluffes or Schluffs, plural Schluffe or Schlüffe)

1. (geology) silt (fine earth deposited by water)

   Synonym: Silt

   Coordinate terms: Sand, Ton

   Lehm ist eine Mischung aus Sand, Schluff und Ton.

   Loam is a mixture of sand, silt and clay.

Declension

Declension of Schluff [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schluff	die	Schluffe, Schlüffe
genitive	eines	des	Schluffes, Schluffs	der	Schluffe, Schlüffe
dative	einem	dem	Schluff, Schluffe1	den	Schluffen, Schlüffen
accusative	einen	den	Schluff	die	Schluffe, Schlüffe

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Schluff” in Duden online
• Schluff on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de