flashen

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German

Etymology

English flash +‎ -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛʃn̩/
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Verb

flashen (weak, third-person singular present flasht, past tense flashte, past participle geflasht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, computing) to flash (to write to memory)
    • 2019 July, Andrijan Möcker, “Freie Steckdose”, in c't Projekte, Heise Medien GmbH & Co. KG, →ISBN, page 95:
      Flashen Sie im Nachgang eine Firmware, die mit dem falschen Flash-Modus kompiliert wurde, bootet der ESP unter Umständen nicht und Sie müssen ihn über die serielle Schnittstelle neu flashen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial, youth slang) to thrill, excite, rouse
    Synonym: begeistern
    • 2013 February 12, Jan Feddersen, quoting Anke Engelke, “„Ich bin kühn“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN, page 13:
      … nein, aber mich flasht das Event [Eurovision Song Contest] schon. Am liebsten allein, mit Listen und so.
      … no, but I *am* thrilled by the event . Especially when alone, with the listings and stuff.
    • 2016, “Göttin sei Dank”, in Stärker als die Zeit, performed by Udo Lindenberg:
      Du bist'n Himmelskörper, wie's geiler nicht geht / Ich bin ja so geflasht—voll fasziniert
      You're celestial, it doesn't get better / I'm totally in awe—full‑on amazed
    • 2018 November 1, Jens Uthoff, “Rob Mazurek beim Jazzfest Berlin: Kreatives Leben für alle”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Dass das Kollektiv von Sun Ra inspiriert ist, wirkt offensichtlich. „Ich hörte Sun Ra beim Chicago Jazz Festival, als ich 16 war, und es flashte mich total“, erklärt Mazurek.
      It appears obvious that the collective is inspired by Sun Ra. “I heard Sun Ra at the Chicago Jazz Festival when I was 16, and it blew me away”, Mazurek explains.

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