Fleet

See also: fleet

English

Etymology

From fleet (stream, estuary)

Proper noun

Fleet

The stream that ran where Fleet Street now runs.
A former prison in London, which originally stood near the stream.

Anagrams

lefte

German

Etymology

From German Low German, from Middle Low German vlēt. Cognate to Dutch vliet, English fleet.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fleːt/

Noun

Fleet n (genitive Fleets, plural Fleete)

a watercourse through marshland
a kind of city canal similar to the Dutch gracht, found in Hamburg and some other northern German cities

Declension

Declension of Fleet

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Fleet	die	Fleete
genitive	eines	des	Fleets	der	Fleete
dative	einem	dem	Fleet	den	Fleeten
accusative	ein	das	Fleet	die	Fleete

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