Flüelen

proper noun

A municipality in Uri canton, Switzerland.

OriginMiddle High German Vluolon ← Old High German fluoh ← Proto-West Germanic *flak →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A municipality in Uri canton, Switzerland.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*flakaz“flat”
  2. Proto-West Germanic*flak
  3. Old High Germanfluoh“rock face”
  4. Middle High GermanVluolon
  5. EnglishFlüelen

From Alemannic German, first mentioned as Middle High German Vluolon, formed from vluo (“steep cliff, rock”), from Old High German fluoh (“rock face”), related to flah (“shallow”), from Proto-West Germanic *flak, from Proto-Germanic *flakaz (“flat”).

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APA

Flüelen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fl%C3%BCelen

MLA

“Flüelen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fl%C3%BCelen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Flüelen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fl%C3%BCelen.

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