Flucht

See also: flucht

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /flʊxt/
  • Rhymes: -ʊχt

Etymology 1

From Middle High German vluht, from Old High German fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti (“escape”). Pertaining to fliehen (“to flee”).

Noun

Flucht f (genitive Flucht, plural Fluchten)

  1. escape, flight (act of fleeing)
Declension
Declension of Flucht [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Flucht die Fluchten
genitive einer der Flucht der Fluchten
dative einer der Flucht den Fluchten
accusative eine die Flucht die Fluchten
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vlucht, from Old Saxon fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti (“flying”). Pertaining to fliegen (“to fly”).

Noun

Flucht f (genitive Flucht, plural Fluchten)

  1. (construction, technical) line, alignment (vertical or horizontal line along which houses, walls, windows or other building elements are arranged)
  2. (construction, dated as a simplex) suite, line of rooms, number of rooms interconnected by doors
    Synonyms: Suite, Zimmerflucht
  3. (ornithology) flock of birds
    Synonym: Schwarm (the normal word)
Declension
Declension of Flucht [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Flucht die Fluchten
genitive einer der Flucht der Fluchten
dative einer der Flucht den Fluchten
accusative eine die Flucht die Fluchten
Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Flucht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Plautdietsch

Noun

Flucht f (plural Fluchte)

  1. flight (act of fleeing)
  2. escape
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