Flöz

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See also: fl oz and fl. oz.

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From older flez, from Middle High German vletz, vletze (“threshing floor”), from Old High German flezzi, from Proto-West Germanic *flatti, from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“floor”). Cognate with Low German Flett, Old English flett, Old Norse flet.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fløːt͡s/
  • Hyphenation: Flöz
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Noun[edit]

Flöz n or m (strong, genitive Flözes, plural Flöze)

  1. (geology) seam

Declension[edit]

Declension of Flöz [neuter // masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das, der Flöz die Flöze
genitive eines des Flözes der Flöze
dative einem dem Flöz, Flöze1 den Flözen
accusative ein, einen das, den Flöz die Flöze

1Now rare, see notes.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Flöz”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 275

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