Flotte
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German vlōte, which pertains to fließen (“to flow”). The contemporary form is modelled on French flotte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflɔtə/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔtə
Noun
Flotte f (genitive Flotte, plural Flotten)
Declension
Declension of Flotte [feminine]
Derived terms
- Flottenadmiral
Further reading
- “Flotte” in Duden online
- “Flotte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Flotte”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891