flechten

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛçtən/

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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 […] ‎, 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.

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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.

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• Flechten, Flechter, Flechtung
• flechtend, geflochten
• entflechten, verflechten

• einflechten
• umflechten
• Flechtwerk

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From Old High German flehtan, from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Dutch vlechten, Icelandic flétta, Danish flette.

• IPA^(key): /ˈflæχten/, [ˈflæɕtən]
  • Rhymes: -æɕtən

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

1. to plait, to braid

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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