Fliicht

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From rare or northern Middle High German vluht (genitive vlühte), from Old High German *fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti (“flight”), here not as a derivative of *fleuhaną (“to flee”), but of *fleuganą (“to fly”), for which otherwise Middle High German vluc. Compare Middle Dutch vlucht, modern Low German Flucht, both with a sense “wing of a bird”. Also cognate with English flight (“flying”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fliːχt/, [fliːɕt]
• Rhymes: -iːɕt

Noun

Fliicht f (plural Fliichten)

1. wing (of a bird or animal)

Synonyms

• Flillek

1. (usually in the plural) strand, wisp of hair