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Flaute
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flaute
German
Etymology
de :af flau -te<id:deadjectival>
From de flau -te<id:deadjectival>, 18th century. See the former for more.
Pronunciation
de /ˈflaʊ̯tə/
de De-at-Flaute.ogg Austria
de De-Flaute.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
calm (period free from wind)
lull, slack, slack period
de 2010 w:Der Spiegel http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/index-2010-49.html 49/2010 80 Nach dreijähriger Flaute werden in Deutschland erstmals wieder deutlich mehr Wohnungen und Häuser gebaut. After a slack period lasting three years, for the first time there are significantly more apartments and houses constructed again in Germany.
Declension
f
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