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)

Declension

Declension of flåde

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flåde	flåden	flåder	flåderne
genitive	flådes	flådens	flåders	flådernes

References

• “flåde,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Flaade,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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)

Conjugation

Inflection of flåde

	present	past
simple	flåder	flådede
perfect	har flådet	havde flådet
passive	flådes	flådedes
participle	flådende	flådet
imperative	flåd	—
infinitive	flåde	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	flåden	—

Synonyms

• fløde

References

• “flåde,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “flaade,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog