floh in Old High German

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Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *flauh, see also Old English flēah, Old Frisian *flā, Old Saxon *flōh, Old Norse fló. Etymology templates: {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*flauh}} Proto-West Germanic *flauh, {{cog|ang|flēah}} Old English flēah, {{cog|ofs|*flā}} Old Frisian *flā, {{cog|osx|*flōh}} Old Saxon *flōh, {{cog|non|fló}} Old Norse fló Head templates: {{head|goh|noun|||||g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} floh m, {{goh-noun|m}} floh m Inflection templates: {{goh-decl-noun-a-m|flōh}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], flōh [nominative, singular], flōhā [nominative, plural], flōha [nominative, plural], flōh [accusative, singular], flōhā [accusative, plural], flōha [accusative, plural], flōhes [genitive, singular], flōho [genitive, plural], flōhe [dative, singular], flōhum [dative, plural], flōhu [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural], flō [alternative], flōch [alternative]

Verb

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    {
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        {
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "word": "Floh"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle High German",
      "lang_code": "gmh",
      "word": "vlōch"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "flēah"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English flēah",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "*flā"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian *flā",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "*flōh"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *flōh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "fló"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse fló",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *flauh, see also Old English flēah, Old Frisian *flā, Old Saxon *flōh, Old Norse fló.",
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goh-decl-noun-a-m",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōh",
      "links": [
        [
          "flōh",
          "floh#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōhā",
      "links": [
        [
          "flōhā",
          "floha#Old_High_German"
        ]
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōha",
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        [
          "flōha",
          "floha#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōh",
      "links": [
        [
          "flōh",
          "floh#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        [
          "flōhā",
          "floha#Old_High_German"
        ]
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōha",
      "links": [
        [
          "flōha",
          "floha#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōhes",
      "links": [
        [
          "flōhes",
          "flohes#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōho",
      "links": [
        [
          "flōho",
          "floho#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōhe",
      "links": [
        [
          "flōhe",
          "flohe#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōhum",
      "links": [
        [
          "flōhum",
          "flohum#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōhu",
      "links": [
        [
          "flōhu",
          "flohu#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flō",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōch",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "floh m",
      "name": "head"
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      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "floh m",
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    }
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      "args": {
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      },
      "name": "goh-decl-noun-a-m"
    }
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    {
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        "flea"
      ],
      "id": "en-floh-goh-noun-4bYHLAKf",
      "links": [
        [
          "flea",
          "flea"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "floh"
}

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    }
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  "forms": [
    {
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          "word": "fliohan"
        }
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        "first/third-person singular preterite indicative of fliohan"
      ],
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          "fliohan",
          "fliohan#Old_High_German"
        ]
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        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "floh"
}

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    "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old High German lemmas",
    "Old High German masculine nouns",
    "Old High German non-lemma forms",
    "Old High German nouns",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old High German verb forms",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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        {
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          "lang_code": "de",
          "word": "Floh"
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      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmh",
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    }
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      },
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    {
      "form": "flōh",
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          "flōh",
          "floh#Old_High_German"
        ]
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "flōhā",
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        [
          "flōhā",
          "floha#Old_High_German"
        ]
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        "nominative",
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      "form": "flōha",
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        [
          "flōha",
          "floha#Old_High_German"
        ]
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "flōh",
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        [
          "flōh",
          "floh#Old_High_German"
        ]
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "flōhā",
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        [
          "flōhā",
          "floha#Old_High_German"
        ]
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "flōha",
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        [
          "flōha",
          "floha#Old_High_German"
        ]
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        "plural"
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      "form": "flōhes",
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        [
          "flōhes",
          "flohes#Old_High_German"
        ]
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōho",
      "links": [
        [
          "flōho",
          "floho#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "flōhe",
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        [
          "flōhe",
          "flohe#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
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        "singular"
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        [
          "flōhum",
          "flohum#Old_High_German"
        ]
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      "form": "flōhu",
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        [
          "flōhu",
          "flohu#Old_High_German"
        ]
      ],
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        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-",
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "flō",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flōch",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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      },
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        "flea"
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          "flea",
          "flea"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "floh"
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"floh" meaning in Old High German

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