/flɔːðə/, [ˈflɔðð̩]
OprindelseFrom 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).
- common-genderraft (a floating timber platform or an inflatable rubber boat)
- common-genderfleet (a group of vessels)
- transitiveto raft, float (to transport something by having it float on a river)
Formerflåden(definite, singular) · flåder(indefinite, plural) · flåde(indefinite, nominative, singular) · flåden(definite, nominative, singular) · flåder(indefinite, nominative, plural) · flåderne(definite, nominative, plural) · flådes(genitive, indefinite, singular) · flådens(definite, genitive, singular) · flåders(genitive, indefinite, plural) · flådernes(definite, genitive, plural) · flådede(past) · flådet(participle, past) · flåder(active, present) · flådes(passive, present) · flådede(active, past) · flådedes(passive, past) · flåde(active, infinitive) · flådes(infinitive, passive) · flåd(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive)