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flod

See also: FLOD and flóð

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish floth, from Old Norse flóð, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from *pleh₃(w)- (“flow”). Compare Swedish flod, Icelandic flóð, English flood, Dutch vloed, German Flut.

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Noun

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flod c (singular definite floden, plural indefinite floder)

  1. river
  2. (uncountable) high tide

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Declension of flod
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative flod floden floder floderne
genitive flods flodens floders flodernes

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Middle English

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old English flōd, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz.

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Noun

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flod (plural flodes)

  1. A waterbody or water in general (opposed to land):
    1. A river; a waterbody that moves in one direction.
    2. A lake or ocean; a large open body of water.
  2. A flood; a massive or momentous flooding.
  3. The rise or peak of the tide; rising tide.
  4. The movement of the sea (e.g. tide or flow)
  5. (figurative) Something that flows or issues in abundance.
  6. (figurative) A rise, growing or increasing.

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This word often appears in rhyming collocations with good.

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Descendants

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  • English: flood
  • Scots: fluid, flude

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse flóð, compare with German Flut.

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flod f or m (definite singular floda or floden, indefinite plural floder, definite plural flodene)

  1. a flood, deluge
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Low German vlot and German Fluß (now Fluss).

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flod m (definite singular floden, indefinite plural floder, definite plural flodene)

  1. a large river
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse flóð.

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flod f (definite singular floda, indefinite plural floder, definite plural flodene)

  1. a flood, deluge
  2. flood tide (incoming tide), high tide
  3. a large river

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See also

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  • (tide) flo (Bokmål)

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Old English

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The word flōd is found, as flodu, on the early 8th century Franks Casket, one of the oldest monuments of Old English.

Alternative forms

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  • Originally masculine; later masculine and neuter a-stem
  • ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ (flódu) — Runic

Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *flōdu, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“flow”). Cognate with Old Saxon flōd, Old Dutch fluot (Dutch vloed), Old High German fluot (German Flut), Old Norse flóð (Icelandic flóð), Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus).

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Noun

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flōd m

  1. flowing of the tide
  2. river, stream; water as opposed to land
  3. flood, deluge

Declension

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Declension of flod (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative flōd flōdas
accusative flōd flōdas
genitive flōdes flōda
dative flōde flōdum

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₃tus, from *pleh₃(w)- (“flow”). Compare Old English flōd, Old Dutch fluot, Old High German fluot, Old Norse flóð, Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus).

Noun

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flōd m

  1. river, stream
  2. flood, deluge

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Declension of flōd (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative flōd flōdos
accusative flōd flōdos
genitive flōdes flōdō
dative flōde flōdum
instrumental — —


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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse flóð, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₃tus. Compare Danish flod, Icelandic flóð, English flood, Dutch vloed, German Flut.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fluːd/
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Noun

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flod c

  1. a river
    Synonyms: å, älv, ström
  2. a flood
    Synonym: översvämning
  3. a high tide
    Synonym: högvatten
    Antonyms: ebb, lågvatten

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  • Rivers and streams in Scandinavia are named älv (-älven), å (-ån), ström (e.g. Göta älv, Lule älv, Svartån, Motala ström, Norrström), while flod is used to refer to rivers abroad.

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Declension of flod 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative flod floden floder floderna
Genitive flods flodens floders flodernas

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Volapük

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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flod (nominative plural flods)

  1. frost

Declension

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declension of flod
singular plural
nominative flod flods
genitive floda flodas
dative flode flodes
accusative flodi flodis
vocative 1 o flod! o flods!
predicative 2 flodu flodus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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