flod
Danish
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Danish floth, from Old Norse flóð, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from *pleh₃(w)- (“flow”). Compare Swedish flod, Icelandic flóð, English flood, Dutch vloed, German Flut.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈfloːð/
- Rhymes: -oːð, -oð
Declension
    
Synonyms
    
- (high tide): højvande
Derived terms
    
References
    
- “flod” in Den Danske Ordbog
Middle English
    
    
Etymology
    
Inherited from Old English flōd, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz.
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)
- (figurative) Something that flows or issues in abundance.
- (figurative) 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
    
References
    
- “flod” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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)
References
    
- “flod” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
    

Alternative forms
    
- Originally masculine; later masculine and neuter a-stem
- ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ (flódu) — Runic
Etymology
    
From Proto-West Germanic *flōdu, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *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/
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | flod | floden | floder | floderna | 
| Genitive | flods | flodens | floders | flodernas | 
Derived terms
    
- flodarm
- flodbank
- flodbrädd
- flodbåt
- flodbäcken
- flodbädd
- floddal
- floddelta
- flodfart
- flodfåra
- flodfärd
- flodgud
- flodhäst
- flodkräfta
- flodmynning
- flodnejonöga
- flodområde
- flodpärlmussla
- flodspruta
- flodstrand
- flodsystem
- flodtid
- flodvatten
- flodvåg
- flodångare
- flodövergång
- syndaflod
- vattuflod
- vårflod
See also
    
- tidvatten (“tide”)
References
    
Volapük
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /flod/