Fleiß

See also: Fleiss

German

Alternative forms

  • Fleiss (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)
  • Vleis (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German flīz, vlīz, from Old High German flīz, from Proto-Germanic *flītaz, *flītiz (strife, zeal, effort, diligence). Cognate with German Low German Fliet, Dutch vlijt, Saterland Frisian Fliet, English flite.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Noun

Fleiß m (genitive Fleißes, no plural)

  1. diligence, effort
    • 1836, Heinrich Heine, Die romantische Schule, In: Heinrich Heine: Werke und Briefe in zehn Bänden, Aufbau-Verlag (1972), volume 5, page 38,
      [...] jetzt übersetzte er, mit unerhörtem Fleiß, auch die übrigen heidnischen Dichter des Altertums, [...]
      now he translated, with unheard-of effort, also the remaining pagan poets of the antiquity,

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