Flaum
German, noun/flaʊ̯m/
Flaum is spelled F-L-A-U-M (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flaum is a German masculine noun meaning “fluff; down (thin hair, such as on an adolescent boy’s upper lip)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit der unter den Kontur- oder Deckfedern liegenden Daunen bei Vogeltieren”.
What does Flaum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefluff; down (thin hair, such as on an adolescent boy’s upper lip)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit der unter den Kontur- oder Deckfedern liegenden Daunen bei Vogeltieren 2. zarter Haarwuchs
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 Flaum
- Flaumes genitive
- Flaums genitive
- Flaume dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Flaum?
- /flaʊ̯m/
- [flaʊ̯m]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Flaum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Flaum in German?
Flaum appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).