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German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Flex + -en
Verb
flexen (weak, third-person singular present flext, past tense flexte, past participle geflext, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to cut with a Flex (angle grinder)
- Synonym: trennschleifen
- (intransitive, slang) to grind (to work hard)
2016 August 27, Martina Kix, Leonie Seifert, quoting Denyo, “Beginner: "Jeden Tag flexen, flexen, flexen"”, in Die Zeit, Hamburg, →ISSN:Deshalb war ich draußen. Ich habe für die Beginner-Platte vier Jahre gearbeitet. Jeden Tag flexen, flexen, flexen. Irgendwann ging’s. Vergangenen August haben wir entschieden, was geil ist, und das Album gemischt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
flexen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
flexen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English flex.
Verb
flexen (weak, third-person singular present flext, past tense flexte, past participle geflext, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, slang) to flex (to flaunt one's superiority)
- Synonyms: angeben, protzen
Further reading
- “flexen” in Duden online
- “flexen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache