Pflug

German

Etymology

From Middle High German pfluoc, from Old High German pfluog, phluog, from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz, *plōguz (“plough”). Cognate with Low German Ploog, Dutch ploeg, English plough, Scots pleuch, plou, West Frisian ploech, North Frisian plog, Danish plov, Swedish plog, Icelandic plógur.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pfluːk/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /fluːk/ (northern and central Germany; quasi-standard)
  • IPA(key): /fluːx/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
  • Rhymes: -uːk
  • Homophones: Flug, Fluch (regional)

Noun

Pflug m (genitive Pfluges, plural Pflüge)

  1. plough, plow

Declension
Declension of Pflug
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Pflug die Pflüge
genitive eines des Pfluges,
Pflugs		 der Pflüge
dative einem dem Pflug,
Pfluge1		 den Pflügen
accusative einen den Pflug die Pflüge
1Now uncommon, see notes

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