Flex

German

An angle grinder

Etymology

The device was first invented in 1954 and sold under the brand name Flex, which eventually entered common usage to refer to any such device. Apparently a clipping of flexibel.

Noun

Flex f (genitive Flex, plural Flexe)

1. (colloquial) angle grinder, disc grinder, side grinder (power tool with a perpendicular abrasive disc)

   Synonym: Winkelschleifer

Declension

Declension of Flex [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Flex	die	Flexe
genitive	einer	der	Flex	der	Flexe
dative	einer	der	Flex	den	Flexen
accusative	eine	die	Flex	die	Flexe

Derived terms

• flexen

Descendants

• → Hungarian: flex