flimmern

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German

Etymology

From an East Central German iterative construction flimmen +‎ -ern, since the 17th century. flimmen is attested since the 16th century and is an ablauted variant of Middle High German vlammen, whence also German flammen.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɪmɐn/
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  • Hyphenation: flim‧mern

Verb

flimmern (weak, third-person singular present flimmert, past tense flimmerte, past participle geflimmert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to flicker
    • 1812, Brothers Grimm, “Die drei Schwestern”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1, 1st edition, page 367:
      Am vierten Tag aber als er sich ausgeweint hatte, dachte er, was geschehen, ist einmal nicht zu ändern, stieg hinab in den Hof, da stand eine Kiste von Ebenholz und war gewaltig schwer zu heben, alsbald fiel ihm ein, was ihm der Bär versprochen hatte, und machte sie auf, da lag ein Centner Goldes darin und glimmerte und flimmerte.
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References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “flimmern”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

  • flimmern” in Duden online
  • flimmern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache