flod
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish floth, from Old Norse flóð, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₃tus, from *pleh₃(w)- (“flow”). Compare Swedish flod, Icelandic flóð, English flood, Dutch vloed, German Flut.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oːð
- Rhymes: -oð
Declension
Synonyms
- (high tide): højvande
Middle English
Etymology
Inherited from Old English flōd, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₃tus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /floːd/
- Rhymes: -oːd
Noun
flod (plural flodes)
- A waterbody or water in general (opposed to land):
- A river; a waterbody that moves in one direction.
- A lake or ocean; a large open body of water.
- A flood; a massive or momentous flooding.
- The rise or peak of the tide; rising tide.
- The movement of the sea (e.g. tide or flow)
- (figuratively) Something that flows or issues in abundance.
- (figuratively) A rise, growing or increasing.
Usage notes
This word often appears in rhyming collocations with good.
Related terms
References
- “flọ̄d (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-11.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
flod f or m (definite singular floda or floden, indefinite plural floder, definite plural flodene)
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German vlot and German Fluß (now Fluss).
Noun
flod m (definite singular floden, indefinite plural floder, definite plural flodene)
- a large river
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
flod f (definite singular floda, indefinite plural floder, definite plural flodene)
- a flood, deluge
- flood tide (incoming tide), high tide
- a large river
Derived terms
See also
- (tide) flo (Bokmål)
Old English

Alternative forms
- ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ (flodu) (Runic)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₃tus, from *pleh₃(w)- (“flow”). Cognate with Old Saxon flōd, Old Dutch fluot (Dutch vloed), Old High German fluot (German Flut), Old Norse flóð (Icelandic flóð), Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /floːd/
Noun
flōd m (nominative plural flōdas)
Declension
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₃tus, from *pleh₃(w)- (“flow”). Compare Old English flōd, Old Dutch fluot, Old High German fluot, Old Norse flóð, Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus).
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse flóð, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₃tus. Compare Danish flod, Icelandic flóð, English flood, Dutch vloed, German Flut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fluːd/
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Noun
flod c
Usage notes
- Rivers and streams in Scandinavia are named älv (-älven), å (-ån), ström (e.g. Göta älv, Lule älv, Svartån, Motala ström, Norrström), while flod is used to refer to rivers abroad.
Declension
Declension of flod | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | flod | floden | floder | floderna |
Genitive | flods | flodens | floders | flodernas |
Derived terms
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flod/
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | flod | flods |
genitive | floda | flodas |
dative | flode | flodes |
accusative | flodi | flodis |
vocative 1 | o flod! | o flods! |
predicative 2 | flodu | flodus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only