Pflug

Borrowed from German Pflug.

Pflug (plural Pflugs)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pflug is the 23920^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1055 individuals. Pflug is most common among White (96.02%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pflug”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

From Middle High German pfluoc, from Old High German pfluog, phluog, from Proto-West Germanic *plōg, from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz, *plōguz (“plough”). Cognate with Low German Ploog, Dutch ploeg, English plough, Scots pleuch, plou, West Frisian ploech, North Frisian plog, Danish plov, Swedish plog, Icelandic plógur.

• IPA^(key): /pfluːk/ (standard)

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• IPA^(key): /fluːk/ (northern and central Germany; quasi-standard)
• IPA^(key): /fluːx/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
• Rhymes: -uːk
• Homophones: Flug, Fluch (regional)

Pflug m (strong, genitive Pfluges or Pflugs, plural Pflüge, diminutive Pflüglein n)

1. plough, plow

• Pflüger
• pfluglos
• Pflugmacher
• Schneepflug
• Schwellenpflug
• das beste Wappen in der Welt ist der Pflug im Ackerfeld

• pflügen

• → Ottoman Turkish: پلوغ (pullug)

• “Pflug” in Duden online
• “Pflug” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pflug” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.