fletschen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German vletschen (bare one's teeth), from or related to vletzen (flatten, spread out) (for the change of -tz- to -tsch, compare rutschen), related to Old High German flaz and English flat.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛt͡ʃn̩/
  • Hyphenation: flet‧schen

Verb

fletschen (weak, third-person singular present fletscht, past tense fletschte, past participle gefletscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to bare (one's teeth), snarl

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ fletschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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