Float

"Float" in German

Festwagen

(trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade)

Floß

(buoyant device)

Schwimmer (as in a carburetor)

(buoyant device)

borgen

(colloquial: to extend a short-term loan to)

gleiten

(to drift gently through the air)

gleiten

(to move in a fluid manner)

schweben

(to be supported by a liquid)

schweben

(to drift gently through the air)

schweben

(to move in a fluid manner)

schwimmen

(to be supported by a liquid)

schwimmen

(to be capable of floating)

treiben

(to be supported by a liquid)

treiben

(to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating)

vorschlagen

(to propose for consideration)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.