A FLOOR ELEMENT FOR FORMING A FLOOR COVERING， A FLOOR COVERING， AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FLOOR ELEMENT

A floor element for forming a floor covering， wherein the floor element comprises a board having edges provided with coupling elements adapted to cooperate with coupling elements of an adjacent similar floor element in said floor covering wherein the coupling elements comprise at least one male part and at least one female part said male part being positioned along a first edge and protruding outwardly beyond an upper edge at said first edge， said female part being positioned along a second edge and extending inwardly beyond an upper edge at said second edge to thereby form a recess for at least partially receive the male part， wherein said recess comprises an inlet opening having a vertical breadth， with the characteristic that the ratio between the vertical breadth and the thickness of the board is more than 0.4.