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German
Etymology
Latin phlegma
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflɛɡma/, /ˈfleːɡma/
Noun
Phlegma n (strong, genitive Phlegmas, no plural)
- phlegm
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 459:Dann und wann trat ein Buch, eine Schrift auf, um die man sich riß, nach der auch die nicht mehr Lesenden mit nur erheucheltem Phlegma die Hände streckten.- Now and then a book appeared, a piece of writing that people scrambled for; even those who no longer read stretched forth their hands with only feigned phlegmaticism."
Declension
Further reading
- “Phlegma” in Duden online
- “Phlegma” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache