flåde

• IPA^(key): /flɔːðə/, [ˈflɔðð̩]

From Old Danish flodhe, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic *flutô (“float, raft”), cognate with Norwegian flåte, Swedish flotte, English float, German Flosse (“fin”). In the sense "fleet", the word has been influenced by French flotte (which is itself a loan from Germanic).

flåde c (singular definite flåden, plural indefinite flåder)

1. raft (a floating timber platform or an inflatable rubber boat)
2. fleet (a group of vessels)

• “flåde,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Flaade,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse flota, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną, cognate with Norwegian flote, Swedish flotta, English float, Dutch vlotten. Related to the verb Proto-Germanic *fleutaną (“to float”) (Danish flyde).

flåde (past tense flådede, past participle flådet)

1. (transitive) to raft, float (to transport something by having it float on a river)

• fløde

• “flåde,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “flaade,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog