Fleiß

See also: Fleiss

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German flīz, vlīz, from Old High German flīz, from Proto-West Germanic *flītan (“to strive”), from Proto-Germanic *flītaz, *flītiz (“strife, zeal, effort, diligence”).

Cognate with German Low German Fliet, Dutch vlijt, Saterland Frisian Fliet, English flite.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /flaɪ̯s/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s
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Noun

Fleiß m (strong, genitive Fleißes, no plural)

  1. diligence, industriousness, assiduity, assiduousness, effort, hard work
    • 1836, Heinrich Heine, “Die romantische Schule”, in Heinrich Heine: Werke und Briefe in zehn Bänden, volume 5, Aufbau-Verlag, published 1972, page 38:
      [...] jetzt übersetzte er, mit unerhörtem Fleiß, auch die übrigen heidnischen Dichter des Altertums, [...]
      now he translated, with unheard-of effort, also the remaining pagan poets of the antiquity,

Declension
Declension of Fleiß [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Fleiß
genitive eines des Fleißes
dative einem dem Fleiß, Fleiße1
accusative einen den Fleiß

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Fleiß” in Duden online
  • “Fleiß” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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