flunkern
German
Etymology
Borrowed from German Low German [Term?]. The original meaning is “to gleam, move quickly”. Compare flink. The meaning “to boast, stretch the truth” (probably from “want to shine, be brilliant”) already developed in Low German.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflʊŋkɐn/
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Verb
flunkern (weak, third-person singular present flunkert, past tense flunkerte, past participle geflunkert, auxiliary haben)
- to tell harmless lies, to brag in an exaggerating way, to fib
Conjugation
Conjugation of flunkern (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | flunkern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | flunkernd | ||||
| past participle | geflunkert | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich flunkre ich flunkere ich flunker |
wir flunkern | i | ich flunkere ich flunkre |
wir flunkern |
| du flunkerst | ihr flunkert | du flunkerest du flunkrest |
ihr flunkeret ihr flunkret | ||
| er flunkert | sie flunkern | er flunkere er flunkre |
sie flunkern | ||
| preterite | ich flunkerte | wir flunkerten | ii | ich flunkerte1 | wir flunkerten1 |
| du flunkertest | ihr flunkertet | du flunkertest1 | ihr flunkertet1 | ||
| er flunkerte | sie flunkerten | er flunkerte1 | sie flunkerten1 | ||
| imperative | flunkre (du) flunker (du) flunkere (du) |
flunkert (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of flunkern (weak, auxiliary haben)
Synonyms
- (tell lies): schwindeln, aufschneiden
Derived terms
- anflunkern
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