fløde

• IPA^(key): /fløːðə/, [ˈfløðð̩]

From Old Danish fløthæ, Old Norse flautir f pl (“sour whipped milk”), from Proto-Germanic *flautijǭ, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål fløte, fløyte, Old English flīete f (“cream”). Derived from *fleutaną (“to float”) (Danish flyde).

fløde c (singular definite fløden, not used in plural form)

1. cream (fat from milk)
2. (figuratively) cream (the best of something)

• “fløde,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Fløde,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse fleyta, from Proto-Germanic *flautijaną, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk fløyte, Norwegian Bokmål fløte, German flößen. A causative of the verb Proto-Germanic *fleutaną (“to float”) (Danish flyde).

fløde (past tense flødede, past participle flødet)

1. (transitive, rare) to raft, float (to transport something by having it flot on a river)

• flåde

• “fløde,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “fløde,5” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse flœða, from Proto-Germanic *flōdijaną, cognate with Norwegian flø, Swedish flöda, German fluten. Derived from the noun *flōduz (“flood”) (Danish flod).

fløde (past tense flødede, past participle flødet)

1. (intransitive, archaic) to flood, be flood tide

• “fløde,4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

fløde f or n (definite singular fløda or flødet, indefinite plural fløder or fløde, definite plural flødene or fløda)

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fløde (present tense fløder, past tense flødde, past participle flødt/flødd, passive infinitive flødast, present participle flødande, imperative flød)

1. Alternative form of flø

• “fløde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.