Fleiß
See also: Fleiss
German
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Etymology
From Middle High German flīz, vlīz, from Old High German flīz, from Proto-West Germanic *flītan (“to strive”), from Proto-Germanic *flītaz, *flītiz (“strife, zeal, effort, diligence”).
Cognate with German Low German Fliet, Dutch vlijt, Saterland Frisian Fliet, English flite.
Pronunciation
Noun
Fleiß m (strong, genitive Fleißes, no plural)
- diligence, industriousness, assiduity, assiduousness, effort, hard work
- 1836, Heinrich Heine, Die romantische Schule, In: Heinrich Heine: Werke und Briefe in zehn Bänden, Aufbau-Verlag (1972), volume 5, page 38,
- [...] jetzt übersetzte er, mit unerhörtem Fleiß, auch die übrigen heidnischen Dichter des Altertums, [...]
- now he translated, with unheard-of effort, also the remaining pagan poets of the antiquity,
- 1836, Heinrich Heine, Die romantische Schule, In: Heinrich Heine: Werke und Briefe in zehn Bänden, Aufbau-Verlag (1972), volume 5, page 38,
Declension
Declension of Fleiß [sg-only, masculine, strong]
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