Pflug

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pflug.

Proper noun

Pflug (plural Pflugs)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• 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.

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pfluːk/ (standard)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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)

Noun

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

1. plough, plow

Declension

Declension of Pflug [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pflug	die	Pflüge
genitive	eines	des	Pfluges, Pflugs	der	Pflüge
dative	einem	dem	Pflug, Pfluge1	den	Pflügen
accusative	einen	den	Pflug	die	Pflüge

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• pflügen

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: پلوغ (pullug)

Further reading

• “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.