Sintflut
German (Berlin)
/ˈzɪn(t)ˌfluːt/
noun
Definitions
- (religion) Deluge, the Great Flood.
- (figurative) deluge heavy rain
- (figurative) deluge a great or overwhelming flood of anything, abstract or material
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German sinvluot inherited from Old High German sinfluot.
Origin
Old High German
sinfluot
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sintflutartig German
- vorsintflutlich German
- vloed Dutch, Flemish
- zene Dutch, Flemish
- zonde Dutch, Flemish
- zondvloed Dutch, Flemish
- flod Norwegian Bokmål
- synd Norwegian Bokmål
- syndflod Norwegian Bokmål
- flod Norwegian Nynorsk
- synd Norwegian Nynorsk
- syndflod Norwegian Nynorsk
- sintvloed Middle Dutch
- sinfluot Old High German
- sinvluot Middle High German
- sintfluot Low German