Flöz
German
Etymology
From older flez, from Middle High German vletz, vletze (“threshing floor”), from Old High German flezzi, from Proto-West Germanic *flatti, from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“floor”). Cognate with Low German Flett, Old English flett, Old Norse flet.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fløːt͡s/
- Hyphenation: Flöz
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Noun
Flöz n or m (strong, genitive Flözes, plural Flöze)
- (geology) seam
Declension
Declension of Flöz [neuter // masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das, der | Flöz | die | Flöze |
| genitive | eines | des | Flözes | der | Flöze |
| dative | einem | dem | Flöz, Flöze1 | den | Flözen |
| accusative | ein, einen | das, den | Flöz | die | Flöze |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1995), “Flöz”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 275
Further reading
Flöz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Flöz” in Duden online
- “Flöz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache