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German
Etymology
Fackel + -en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: fa‧ckeln
Verb
fackeln (weak, third-person singular present fackelt, past tense fackelte, past participle gefackelt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to hesitate
- Synonym: zögern
- nicht lange fackeln ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
1929, Alfred Döblin, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Olten, Freiburg im Breisgau: Walter Verlag, published 1961, →ISBN, page 180:Man möchte sich in die Kneipen verstecken, aber wer kann das, das bläst durch die Hosentaschen, da merkst du, es geht was vor, es wird nicht gefackelt, man muß lustig sein bei dem Wetter.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2005, “Jung, dumm & glücklich”, in Frühjahrschronik, performed by Lee Buddah:Ein Funkenschlag, und wir standen in Flammen / Wir brannten lichterloh und fackelten nicht erst lang- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
fackeln (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
fackeln (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fackeln” in Duden online
- “fackeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache