flod
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
flod c (singular definite floden, plural indefinite floder)
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (high tide): højvande
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “flod” in Den Danske Ordbog
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old English flōd, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
flod (plural flodes)
- A waterbody or water in general (opposed to land):
- A river; a waterbody that moves in one direction.
- A lake or ocean; a large open body of water.
- A flood; a massive or momentous flooding.
- The rise or peak of the tide; rising tide.
- The movement of the sea (e.g. tide or flow)
- (figurative) Something that flows or issues in abundance.
- (figurative) A rise, growing or increasing.
Usage notes[edit]
This word often appears in rhyming collocations with good.
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “flọ̄d, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-11.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse flóð, compare with German Flut.
Noun[edit]
flod f or m (definite singular floda or floden, indefinite plural floder, definite plural flodene)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Low German vlot and German Fluß (now Fluss).
Noun[edit]
flod m (definite singular floden, indefinite plural floder, definite plural flodene)
- a large river
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “flod” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
flod f (definite singular floda, indefinite plural floder, definite plural flodene)
- a flood, deluge
- flood tide (incoming tide), high tide
- a large river
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- (tide) flo (Bokmål)
References[edit]
- “flod” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Originally masculine; later masculine and neuter a-stem
- ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ (flódu) — Runic
Etymology[edit]
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).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
flōd m
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Middle English: flod, flood, floode, flode, flowt, fflood, fflode, vlode
- → Anglo-Latin: flōdus [13th c.] (England)
Old Saxon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
flōd m
Declension[edit]
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | flōd | flōdos |
| accusative | flōd | flōdos |
| genitive | flōdes | flōdō |
| dative | flōde | flōdum |
| instrumental | — | — |
Descendants[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
flod c
- a river
- a flood
- Synonym: översvämning
- a high tide
Usage notes[edit]
- 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.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of flod | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | flod | floden | floder | floderna |
| Genitive | flods | flodens | floders | flodernas |
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- tidvatten (“tide”)
References[edit]
- flod in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- flod in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- flod in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Volapük[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
flod (nominative plural flods)
Declension[edit]
- Danish terms inherited from Old Danish
- Danish terms derived from Old Danish
- Danish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Danish/oːð
- Rhymes:Danish/oːð/1 syllable
- Rhymes:Danish/oð
- Rhymes:Danish/oð/1 syllable
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Danish uncountable nouns
- da:Bodies of water
- da:Landforms
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Middle English/oːd
- Rhymes:Middle English/oːd/1 syllable
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Landforms
- enm:Seas
- enm:Water
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German
- nb:Bodies of water
- nb:Landforms
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Bodies of water
- nn:Landforms
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleh₃(w)-
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English masculine nouns
- Old English masculine a-stem nouns
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon nouns
- Old Saxon masculine nouns
- Old Saxon a-stem nouns
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Bodies of water
- Volapük terms with IPA pronunciation
- Volapük lemmas
- Volapük nouns