Flucht

See also: flucht

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flʊxt/
• Rhymes: -ʊχt

Etymology 1

From Middle High German vluht, from Old High German fluht, from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiz (“flight”). Pertaining to fliehen (“to flee”).

Noun

Flucht f (genitive Flucht, plural Fluchten)

1. escape

Derived terms

Flucht

• Ausflucht
• fliehen
• Flucht nach vorn
• Fluchtgrund
• Fluchtroute
• Fluchtweg
• flüchtig
• Flüchtling
• Republikflucht

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vlucht. Pertaining to fliegen (“to fly”).

Noun

Flucht f (genitive Flucht, plural Fluchten)

1. (construction, technical) line, alignment (vertical or horizontal line along which houses, walls, windows or other building elements are arranged)
2. (construction, archaic) suite, line of rooms, number of rooms interconnected by doors
3. (ornithology) flock of birds

Synonyms

• (suite): Suite, Zimmerflucht
• (flock): Schwarm (the normal word)

Derived terms

Flucht

• Bauflucht
• Dachflucht
• Fensterflucht
• Fluchtgerade
• Fluchtlinie
• Fluchtpunkt
• Häuserflucht
• Treppenflucht
• Raumflucht
• Zimmerflucht

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Noun

Flucht f (plural Fluchte)

1. flight
2. escape