"Floh" meaning in German

See Floh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /floː/ Audio: De-Floh.ogg , De-at-Floh.ogg
Rhymes: -oː Etymology: From Middle High German vlō(ch), from Old High German flōh, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh. Cognate with Dutch vlo, English flea, Icelandic fló. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|vlo|vlō(ch)}} Middle High German vlō(ch), {{inh|de|goh|flōh}} Old High German flōh, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*flauh}} Proto-West Germanic *flauh, {{cog|nl|vlo}} Dutch vlo, {{cog|en|flea}} English flea, {{cog|is|fló}} Icelandic fló Head templates: {{de-noun|m,s:es,^e|dim=^chen}} Floh m (strong, genitive Flohs or Flohes, plural Flöhe, diminutive Flöhchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,s:es,^e}} Forms: Flohs [genitive], Flohes [genitive], Flöhe [plural], Flöhchen [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Floh [nominative, singular], Flöhe [definite, nominative, plural], Flohs [genitive, singular], Flohes [genitive, singular], Flöhe [definite, genitive, plural], Floh [dative, singular], Flohe [dative, singular], Flöhen [dative, definite, plural], Floh [accusative, singular], Flöhe [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. flea (parasitic insect) Tags: masculine, strong Categories (lifeform): Fleas, Parasites Hyponyms: Erdfloh, Hundefloh, Katzenfloh, Menschenfloh, Nestfloh, Sandfloh, Strandfloh Derived forms: die Flöhe husten hören, einen Floh ins Ohr setzen, flöhen, Flohkrebs, Flohmarkt, Flohzirkus
    Sense id: en-Floh-de-noun-8GrwOkFA Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "vlo",
        "4": "vlō(ch)"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German vlō(ch)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "flōh"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German flōh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*flauh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *flauh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "vlo"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch vlo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "flea"
      },
      "expansion": "English flea",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "fló"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic fló",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German vlō(ch), from Old High German flōh, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh.\nCognate with Dutch vlo, English flea, Icelandic fló.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Flohs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flohes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flöhe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flöhchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Floh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flöhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flohs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flohes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flöhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Floh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flohe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flöhen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Floh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flöhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "m,s:es,^e",
        "dim": "^chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Floh m (strong, genitive Flohs or Flohes, plural Flöhe, diminutive Flöhchen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,s:es,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Fleas",
          "orig": "de:Fleas",
          "parents": [
            "Insects",
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Parasites",
          "orig": "de:Parasites",
          "parents": [
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "die Flöhe husten hören"
        },
        {
          "word": "einen Floh ins Ohr setzen"
        },
        {
          "word": "flöhen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Flohkrebs"
        },
        {
          "word": "Flohmarkt"
        },
        {
          "word": "Flohzirkus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flea (parasitic insect)"
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "Erdfloh"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hundefloh"
        },
        {
          "word": "Katzenfloh"
        },
        {
          "word": "Menschenfloh"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nestfloh"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sandfloh"
        },
        {
          "word": "Strandfloh"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-Floh-de-noun-8GrwOkFA",
      "links": [
        [
          "flea",
          "flea"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/floː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Floh.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/De-Floh.ogg/De-Floh.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/De-Floh.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Floh.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e2/De-at-Floh.ogg/De-at-Floh.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/De-at-Floh.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oː"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Flo"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "floh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Floh"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "die Flöhe husten hören"
    },
    {
      "word": "einen Floh ins Ohr setzen"
    },
    {
      "word": "flöhen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Flohkrebs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Flohmarkt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Flohzirkus"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "flōh"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*flauh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *flauh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "vlo"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch vlo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "flea"
      },
      "expansion": "English flea",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "fló"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic fló",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German vlō(ch), from Old High German flōh, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh.\nCognate with Dutch vlo, English flea, Icelandic fló.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Flohs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flohes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flöhe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flöhchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Floh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flöhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flohs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flohes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flöhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Floh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flohe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flöhen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Floh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Flöhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "dim": "^chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Floh m (strong, genitive Flohs or Flohes, plural Flöhe, diminutive Flöhchen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "Erdfloh"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hundefloh"
    },
    {
      "word": "Katzenfloh"
    },
    {
      "word": "Menschenfloh"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nestfloh"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sandfloh"
    },
    {
      "word": "Strandfloh"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,s:es,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms derived from Middle High German",
        "German terms derived from Old High German",
        "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "German terms inherited from Old High German",
        "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "German terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:German/oː",
        "Rhymes:German/oː/1 syllable",
        "de:Fleas",
        "de:Parasites"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flea (parasitic insect)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flea",
          "flea"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/floː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Floh.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/De-Floh.ogg/De-Floh.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/De-Floh.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Floh.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e2/De-at-Floh.ogg/De-at-Floh.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/De-at-Floh.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oː"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Flo"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "floh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Floh"
}

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