flyde

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish flytæ, from Old Norse fljóta (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną (“to float”), cognate with Swedish flyta, English fleet, German fließen, German vlieten.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /flyːðə/, [ˈflyðð̩]

Verb

flyde (past tense flød, past participle flydt)

to flow (run from one place to another, of a liquid)
to be liquid
(figuratively) to be in a mess
to float (lie or move on the surface of a liquid)
(figuratively) to relax

Conjugation

Inflection of flyde

	present	past
simple	flyder	flød
perfect	har or er flydt	havde or var flydt
passive	flydes	—
participle	flydende	flydt
imperative	flyd	—
infinitive	flyde	—
auxiliary verb	have or være	—
gerund	flyden	—

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