flackeren
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German vlackern, perhaps ultimately imitative of birds' wings[1], or from Proto-Germanic *flakuraz (“shaking, wavering”), related to *flakurōną (“to roam, wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *plag- (“to roam, wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelə- (“to wander”). Or, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”).[2] [3]
Verb
flackeren (third-person singular present flackert, past participle geflackert, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to flicker
Conjugation
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | flackeren | |
| participle | geflackert | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | flackeren | — |
| 2nd singular | flackers | flacker |
| 3rd singular | flackert | — |
| 1st plural | flackeren | — |
| 2nd plural | flackert | flackert |
| 3rd plural | flackeren | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “flicker”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “vlieghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “flackeren (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
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