flåde

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flɔːðə/, [ˈflɔðð̩]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish flodhe, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic *flutô (float, raft), cognate with Norwegian flåte, Swedish flotte, English float, German Flosse (fin). In the sense "fleet", the word has been influenced by French flotte (which is itself a loan from Germanic).

Noun

flåde c (singular definite flåden, plural indefinite flåder)

  1. raft (a floating timber platform or an inflatable rubber boat)
  2. fleet (a group of vessels)
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Etymology 2

From Old Norse flota, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną, cognate with Norwegian flote, Swedish flotta, English float, Dutch vlotten. Related to the verb Proto-Germanic *fleutaną (to float) (Danish flyde).

Verb

flåde (past tense flådede, past participle flådet)

  1. (transitive) to raft, float (to transport something by having it float on a river)
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