See also: Flechten

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vlehten, from Old High German flehtan, from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛçtən/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛçtn̩

Verb

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flechten (weak or class 3 strong, third-person singular present flechtet or (traditional/standard) flicht, past tense flechtete or (traditional/standard) flocht, past participle geflechtet or (traditional/standard) geflochten, past subjunctive flechtete or (traditional/standard) flöchte, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to plait; to braid; to weave
    • 1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches [] [Human, All Too Human]‎[1], section 147:
      Die Kunst versieht nebenbei die Aufgabe zu conserviren, auch wohl erloschene, verblichene Vorstellungen ein Wenig wieder aufzufärben; sie flicht, wenn sie diese Aufgabe löst, ein Band um verschiedene Zeitalter und macht deren Geister wiederkehren.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

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  • For the 2nd and 3rd person singular there are two sets of forms: regularized (du flechtest, er flechtet) and traditional (du flichtst, er flicht). Only the traditional forms are standard, and they remain favoured in literary German, but are rare in the vernacular and might even be unintelligible to many less educated speakers.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • flechten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • flechten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • flechten” in Duden online
  • flechten” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German flehtan, from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną. Cognate with German flechten, Dutch vlechten, Icelandic flétta, Danish flette.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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flechten (third-person singular present flecht, past participle geflecht, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to plait, to braid

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive flechten
participle geflecht
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular flechten
2nd singular flechts flecht
3rd singular flecht
1st plural flechten
2nd plural flecht flecht
3rd plural flechten
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Synonyms

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