flutschen

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German

Etymology

From German Low German. Compare with English flush.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflʊtʃən/
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Verb

flutschen (weak, third-person singular present flutscht, past tense flutschte, past participle geflutscht, auxiliary sein)

  1. (somewhat informal) to slip; to move smoothly (out of a grip or through something)
    Synonyms: fluppen, gleiten
    Die Seife ist mir aus meinen glitschigen Händen geflutscht.
    The soap slipped out of my slippery hands.

Usage notes

  • Flutschen describes, in particular, the fast and often undesired movement of something slippery when applied pressure to (e.g. in a hand).

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • flutschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • flutschen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German.

Pronunciation

Verb

flutschen (third-person singular present flutscht, past participle geflutscht, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to slide
  2. to go smoothly

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive flutschen
participle geflutscht
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular flutschen
2nd singular flutschs flutsch
3rd singular flutscht
1st plural flutschen
2nd plural flutscht flutscht
3rd plural flutschen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.