Floh

Floh

See also: floh

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vlō, from Old High German flōh, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh.

Compare Low German Flo, Dutch vlo, English flea, Icelandic fló.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floː/
• Rhymes: -oː

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Noun

Floh m (strong, genitive Flohes or Flohs, plural Flöhe, diminutive Flöhchen n)

1. flea

Declension

Declension of Floh [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Floh	die	Flöhe
genitive	eines	des	Flohes, Flohs	der	Flöhe
dative	einem	dem	Floh, Flohe1	den	Flöhen
accusative	einen	den	Floh	die	Flöhe

¹Now uncommon, see notes.

Derived terms

• Flohmarkt
• Flohzirkus
• Hundefloh
• jemandem einen Floh ins Ohr setzen
• Sandfloh

 

Further reading

• “Floh” in Duden online
• “Floh” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Floh”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891