flåde
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Danish flodhe, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic *flutô (“float, raft”), cognate with Norwegian flåte, Swedish flotte, English float, German Flosse (“fin”). In the sense "fleet", the word has been influenced by French flotte (which is itself a loan from Germanic).
Noun edit
flåde c (singular definite flåden, plural indefinite flåder)
Declension edit
Declension of flåde
References edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse flota, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną, cognate with Norwegian flote, Swedish flotta, English float, Dutch vlotten. Related to the verb Proto-Germanic *fleutaną (“to float”) (Danish flyde).
Verb edit
flåde (past tense flådede, past participle flådet)
- (transitive) to raft, float (to transport something by having it float on a river)
Conjugation edit
Inflection of flåde