Flöz

See also: fl oz, and fl. oz.

German

Etymology

From older flez, from Middle High German vletz, vletze (“threshing floor”), from Old High German flezzi, from Proto-West Germanic *flatti, from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“floor”). Cognate with Low German Flett, Old English flett, Old Norse flet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fløːt͡s/
• Hyphenation: Flöz

• Audio:

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Noun

Flöz n or m (strong, genitive Flözes, plural Flöze)

1. (geology) seam

Declension

Declension of Flöz [neuter // masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Flöz	die	Flöze
genitive	eines	des	Flözes	der	Flöze
dative	einem	dem	Flöz, Flöze1	den	Flözen
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Flöz	die	Flöze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• Flöz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Flöz” in Duden online
• “Flöz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache