Sich gleichmäßig und ruhig bewegen wie Wasser.
To move steadily and smoothly like water.
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Der Fluss fließt ins Meer. — The river flows into the sea.
Sie versuchten, den Verkehrsstrom anzuhalten. — They tried to stop the flow of traffic.
Fließt das Wasser nach dem Regen schneller? — Does the water flow faster after the rain?
Ist der Wasserstrom stark genug? — Is the flow of water strong enough?
Lass das Wasser eine Minute laufen, bevor du trinkst. — Let the water flow for a minute before drinking.
Ein stetiger Strom von Besuchern hielt den Laden auf Trab. — A steady flow of visitors kept the shop busy.
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Download the app for free German vocabulary testFließen is the verb only. English flow doubles as a noun; German needs a separate word — der Fluss for the flow and also for a river, or der Strom for a current of traffic or electricity.
The verb is strong and irregular: fließen, floss, geflossen. And German has borrowed the English noun for the state of absorption, complete with spelling: im Flow sein. For a rapper's delivery, likewise der Flow.
Fluss river — and flow
One word for the watercourse and the movement. English separates river from flow.
Strom current, stream — and electricity
Also the everyday word for electricity: der Strom ist ausgefallen, the power is out.
fließend flowing, fluent
The participle covers fluency in a language, exactly as English fluent does by the same image.
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