Flachs
German, noun/flaks/
Flachs is spelled F-L-A-C-H-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flachs is a German masculine noun meaning “flax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der gemeine Lein, eine Faserpflanze”.
What does Flachs mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflax
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der gemeine Lein, eine Faserpflanze 2. die Fasern des gemeinen Leines, die unter anderem zur Herstellung von Leinen genutzt wird 3. Scherz, lustiger Spaß, Unfug
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Flachs
- Flachses genitive
- Flachse dative singular
- Flax alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Flachs?
- /flaks/
- [flaks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Flachs
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Flachs in German?
Flachs appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).