flehen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German vlēhen (also vlēgen, vlēn, etc.) from the coalescence of Old High German flēhan, flēhōn, flehōn, and flēgōn, from Proto-West Germanic *flaihijan, *flaihōn, *flaigōn (to flatter).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfleːən/
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  • Rhymes: -eːən

Verb

flehen (weak, third-person singular present fleht, past tense flehte, past participle gefleht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to entreat, to beg

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Further reading

  • flehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • flehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • flehen” in Duden online
  • flehen” in OpenThesaurus.de