Sintflut
German, noun/ˈzɪn(t)ˌfluːt/
Sintflut is spelled S-I-N-T-F-L-U-T (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sintflut is a German feminine noun meaning “Deluge, the Great Flood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine im 1. Buch Mose der Bibel bezeichnete große weltumspannende Flut, mit der Gott die Menschen für ihr…”.
What does Sintflut mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineDeluge, the Great Flood.
- 2
femininedeluge (heavy rain)
- 3
femininedeluge (a great or overwhelming flood of anything, abstract or material)
eine Sintflut von Anfragen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine im 1. Buch Mose der Bibel bezeichnete große weltumspannende Flut, mit der Gott die Menschen für ihr sündiges Leben bestraft haben soll
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 Sintflut
- Sintfluten plural
- Sündflut alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sintflut?
- /ˈzɪn(t)ˌfluːt/
- [ˈzɪntˌfluːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sintflut in German?
Sintflut appears 1.1 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).