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Flechten

Flechten

See also: flechten

German

Noun

Flechten

  1. plural of Flechte

flechten

flechten

See also: Flechten

German

Verb

flechten (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present flicht or flechtet, past tense flocht, past participle geflochten, past subjunctive flöchte, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to plait; to braid; to weave

Usage notes

  • 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

Derived terms

  • einflechten
  • entflechten
  • umflechten
  • verflechten

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflæɕtən/
    • Rhymes: -æɕtən

Verb

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

  1. to plait, to braid

Conjugation

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

  • trëtzen