flundra

• IPA^(key): [ˈflundra]

Originally “a woman from Flanders”, “a woman who came with Flemish soldiers”.^[1][2]

flundra f

1. (mildly vulgar, derogatory) a disreputable, promiscuous woman; floozie, slut, tramp

   Synonyms: běhna, coura

2. (obsolete) a tattered piece of cloth; rag, shred

Borrowed from German Flunder.^[3]

flundra f

1. (obsolete) European flounder (Platichthys flesus)

   Synonyms: platýs, platýs bradavičnatý

• “flundra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “flundra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Inherited from Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ. Cognate with Icelandic flundra.

flundra f

1. halibut

Declension of flundra
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flundra	flundran	flundrur	flundrurnar
accusative	flundru	flundruna	flundrur	flundrurnar
dative	flundru	flundruni	flundrum	flundrunum
genitive	flundru	flundrunnar	flundra	flundranna

• "flundra" at Sprotin.fo

From Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ (“flatfish”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈflʏntra/
• Rhymes: -ʏntra

flundra f (genitive singular flundru, nominative plural flundrur)

1. flounder

Declension of flundra
f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flundra	flundran	flundrur	flundrurnar
accusative	flundru	flundruna	flundrur	flundrurnar
dative	flundru	flundrunni	flundrum	flundrunum
genitive	flundru	flundrunnar	flundra	flundranna

flundra f (definite singular flundra, indefinite plural flundrer or flundror, definite plural flundrene or flundrone)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of flyndre
   • 1906, Rasmus Løland, Kvitebjørnen, Kristiania: Gyldendalske Boghandel/Nordisk Forlag, page 32:

     «Og kjeften hans er som du skulde sjaa kjeften paa ei flundra[.]»

     "And his mouth is like the mouth of a flounder."

2. definite singular of flundre (non-standard since 1938)

From Old Swedish flundra, from Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ (“flatfish”).

flundra c

1. flounder (a variety of flatfish)

• plattfisk

• flundra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• flundra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• flundra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)