Fluse

Borrowed from Low German Fluse, from Middle Low German vlūs (“sheepskin”) or a derivative thereof, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”).

The same word from an earlier borrowing is Flause (“illusion”), making these doublets along with Flausch.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfluːzə/

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Fluse f (genitive Fluse, plural Flusen)

1. (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) fluff, lint of fabric, wool, etc.

   Synonym: Fussel

   Mein Hemd ist voller Flusen, seitdem du es gewaschen hast.

   My shirt is full of lints since you washed it.

• Flusengitter
• Flusensieb

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