Fleet
German (Berlin)
/fleːt/
noun
Definitions
- a watercourse through marshland
- a kind of city canal similar to the Dutch gracht (gracht), found in and some other northern German cities
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German vlēt.
Origin
Middle Low German
vlēt
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airfleet English
- fleet English
- fleet race English
- fleet racing English
- fleetfooted English
- fleetly English
- fleetmate English
- fleetname English
- fleetness English
- fleetside English
- fleetwide English
- interfleet English
- nonfleet English
- subfleet English
- vlieboot Dutch, Flemish
- vliet Dutch, Flemish
- flete Middle English
- vliet Middle Dutch
- vlēt Middle Low German