flod
Danish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈfloːð/
- Rhymes: -oːð, -oð
Noun
flod c (singular definite floden, plural indefinite floder)
- river
- (uncountable) high tide
Declension
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | flod | floden | floder | floderne |
| genitive | flods | flodens | floders | flodernes |
Synonyms
- (high tide): højvande
Antonyms
- (high tide): lavvande, ebbe
Derived terms
- flodanker
- flodarm
- flodbassin
- flodbred
- flodbølge
- flodbåd
- floddal
- floddamper
- floddelta
- floddige
- floddør
- flodfart
- flodfisk
- flodhavn
- flodhest
- flodkrebs
- flodlandskab
- flodleje
- flodløb
- flodmundning
- flodpram
- flodrejse
- flodrig
- flodsand
- flodseng
- flodskipper
- flodskrænt
- flodslette
- flodsystem
- flodtransport
- flodvand
- syndflod
- vandflod
References
- “flod” in Den Danske Ordbog
Middle English
Alternative forms
- flood, floode, flode, flowt, fflood, fflode, vlode
Etymology
Inherited from Old English flōd, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /floːd/
- Rhymes: -oːd
Noun
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
This word often appears in rhyming collocations with good.
Related terms
- flodegate
Descendants
- English: flood
- Scots: fluid, flude
References
- “flọ̄d, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-11.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse flóð, compare with German Flut.
Noun
flod f or m (definite singular floda or floden, indefinite plural floder, definite plural flodene)
- a flood, deluge
Derived terms
- flodbølge
- syndflod
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German vlot and German Fluß (now Fluss).
Noun
flod m (definite singular floden, indefinite plural floder, definite plural flodene)
- a large river
Derived terms
- flodhest
References
- “flod” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse flóð.
Noun
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
- flodbølgje
- flodhest
- springflod
- syndflod
See also
- (tide) flo (Bokmål)
References
- “flod” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Alternative forms
- Originally masculine; later masculine and neuter a-stem
- ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ (flodu) – Runic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from *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
- IPA(key): /floːd/
Noun
flōd m
- flowing of the tide
- river, stream; water as opposed to land
- flood, deluge
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | flōd | flōdas |
| accusative | flōd | flōdas |
| genitive | flōdes | flōda |
| dative | flōde | flōdum |
Derived terms
- hēahflōd
- wæterflōd
Descendants
- Middle English: flod, flood, floode, flode, flowt, fflood, fflode, vlode
- English: flood
- Scots: fluid, flude
- → Anglo-Latin: flōdus [13th c.] (England)
Old Saxon
Etymology
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
flōd m
- river, stream
- flood, deluge
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | flōd | flōdos |
| accusative | flōd | flōdos |
| genitive | flōdes | flōdō |
| dative | flōde | flōdum |
| instrumental | — | — |
Descendants
- Middle Low German: vlōt, vloet
- German Low German: Flood
Swedish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /fluːd/
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Noun
flod c
- a river
- Synonyms: å, älv, ström
- a flood
- Synonym: översvämning
- a high tide
- Antonyms: ebb, lågvatten
- Synonym: högvatten
Usage notes
- 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
| Declension of flod | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | flod | floden | floder | floderna |
| Genitive | flods | flodens | floders | flodernas |
Derived terms
- flodarm
- flodbank
- flodbrädd
- flodbåt
- flodbäcken
- flodbädd
- floddal
- floddelta
- flodfart
- flodfåra
- flodfärd
- flodgud
- flodhäst
- flodkräfta
- flodmynning
- flodnejonöga
- flodområde
- flodpärlmussla
- flodspruta
- flodstrand
- flodsystem
- flodtid
- flodvatten
- flodvåg
- flodångare
- flodövergång
- syndaflod
- vattuflod
- vårflod
References
- flod in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flod/
Noun
flod (nominative plural flods)
- frost
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | flod | flods |
| genitive | floda | flodas |
| dative | flode | flodes |
| accusative | flodi | flodis |
| vocative 1 | o flod! | o flods! |
| predicative 2 | flodu | flodus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only