Flut
German, noun/fluːt/
Flut is spelled F-L-U-T (4 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written German, the 10,058th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flut is a German feminine noun meaning “flow, flood, high tide (rising movement of the tide; the time around when it reaches its peak)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der (in den meisten Teilen der Welt) zwei Mal tägliche Zeitraum des Wasserauflaufes an den Küsten der…”.
What does Flut mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflow, flood, high tide (rising movement of the tide; the time around when it reaches its peak)
- 2
feminineflood(s), great masses of water, usually of the sea
- 3
feminineflooding, flood, overflow of a body of water; usually only when very violent and disastrous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der (in den meisten Teilen der Welt) zwei Mal tägliche Zeitraum des Wasserauflaufes an den Küsten der Weltmeere 2. Hochwasser eines Flusses, Überschwemmung 3. das Wasser eines Gewässers 4. große Menge
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 Flut
- Fluten plural
- Fluth alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Flut?
- /fluːt/
- [fluːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Flut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Flut in German?
Flut appears 6.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).