Vlies
German, noun/ˈfliːs/
Vlies is spelled V-L-I-E-S (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vlies is a German neuter noun meaning “fleece (wool of a sheep or similar animal, with or without the skin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schafsfell”.
What does Vlies mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterfleece (wool of a sheep or similar animal, with or without the skin)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schafsfell 2. noch zusammenhängende abgeschorene Wolle eines Schafs 3. Textilschicht aus dicht zusammenhängenden Fasern
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 Vlies
- Vlieses genitive
- Vliese plural
- Vliesen dative definite plural
- Flies obsolete
- Fließ obsolete
- Vließ obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vlies?
- /ˈfliːs/
- [fliːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vlies
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vlies in German?
Vlies appears 1.0 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).