Flotte

== German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German vlōte, which pertains to fließen (“to flow”). The contemporary form is modelled on French flotte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflɔtə/ Rhymes: -ɔtə === Noun === Flotte f (genitive Flotte, plural Flotten) fleet ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Flottenadmiral Handelsflotte Kriegsflotte Schattenflotte === Further reading === “Flotte” in Duden online “Flotte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Flotte”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891