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German
Etymology
From Fläz (“lazybones”) + -en, from Low German Fläz of unknown origin. Perhaps through Münster region vläts (“a loathsome person”) from Proto-West Germanic *wlātiþō or derived from the name of the theologian Matthias Flacius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflɛːtsən/
- Hyphenation: flä‧zen
Verb
fläzen (weak, third-person singular present fläzt, past tense fläzte, past participle gefläzt, auxiliary haben)
- (usually reflexive, rarely intransitive, colloquial) to sprawl
2021 September 7, Tim Caspar Boehme, “Älterwerden beim Filmfestival Venedig: Biertrinken in der Sonne”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Man fläzt sich in einem luxuriösen Ferienresort im Pool, auf den Sonnenliegen, trinkt zum Frühstück Cocktails.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
fläzen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
fläzen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
- ^ Wörterbuch der westfälischen Mundart, Franz Woeste, BoD – Books on Demand, 2010, p. 302: Entry
- ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Band 6. Leipzig 1906, S. 667: Eintrag „Fläz“
Further reading
- “fläzen” in Duden online
- “fläzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “fläzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon