Flur
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German vluor, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German fluor, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *flōraz. The word originally meant “arable land” in High German (see etymology 2). The modern sense stems from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German vlōr. Cognate with Dutch vloer, English floor (from Old English flōr).
Noun
Flur m (genitive Flurs or Flures, plural Flure)
- hall, hallway, corridor, stairwell
- Wir warten im Flur.
- We're waiting in the hallway.
- Sie wohnen auf demselben Flur.
- They live on the same corridor.
- Wir warten im Flur.
Usage notes
- Flur can refer both to a part of a house that connects different units, and to a part of an apartment that connects different rooms. The former can be specified as Hausflur, the latter can be specified as Diele, Korridor, or Wohnungsflur.
- Unlike its English cognate floor, the German word means neither “storey” nor “ground”.
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Etymology 2
The same as etymology 1, but secondarily distinguished per feminine gender. Modern Flur (f.) continues the original High German sense of the word.
Noun
Flur f (genitive Flur, plural Fluren)
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- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/uːɐ̯
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German feminine nouns
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