Pflug
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Pflug.
Proper noun
Pflug (plural Pflugs)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pflug is the 23920th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1055 individuals. Pflug is most common among White (96.02%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pflug”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German pfluoc, from Old High German pfluog, phluog, from Proto-West Germanic *plōg, from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz, *plōguz (“plough”). Cognate with Low German Ploog, Dutch ploeg, English plough, Scots pleuch, plou, West Frisian ploech, North Frisian plog, Danish plov, Swedish plog, Icelandic plógur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pfluːk/ (standard)
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /fluːk/ (northern and central Germany; quasi-standard)
- IPA(key): /fluːx/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
- Rhymes: -uːk
- Homophones: Flug, Fluch (regional)
Noun
Pflug m (strong, genitive Pfluges or Pflugs, plural Pflüge, diminutive Pflüglein n)
- plough, plow
Declension
Declension of Pflug [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Pflug | die | Pflüge |
genitive | eines | des | Pfluges, Pflugs | der | Pflüge |
dative | einem | dem | Pflug, Pfluge1 | den | Pflügen |
accusative | einen | den | Pflug | die | Pflüge |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Derived terms
- Pflüger
- pfluglos
- Pflugmacher
- Schneepflug
- Schwellenpflug
- das beste Wappen in der Welt ist der Pflug im Ackerfeld
Related terms
- pflügen
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: پلوغ (pullug)
Further reading
- “Pflug” in Duden online
- “Pflug” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Pflug” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.