fläzen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Fläz (“lazybones”) + -en, from Low German Fläz of unknown origin.[1] Perhaps through Münster region vläts (“a loathsome person”)[2] from Proto-West Germanic *wlātiþō or derived from the name of the theologian Matthias Flacius.[3]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editfläzen (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[2], →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
editinfinitive | fläzen | ||||
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present participle | fläzend | ||||
past participle | gefläzt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich fläze | wir fläzen | i | ich fläze | wir fläzen |
du fläzt | ihr fläzt | du fläzest | ihr fläzet | ||
er fläzt | sie fläzen | er fläze | sie fläzen | ||
preterite | ich fläzte | wir fläzten | ii | ich fläzte1 | wir fläzten1 |
du fläztest | ihr fläztet | du fläztest1 | ihr fläztet1 | ||
er fläzte | sie fläzten | er fläzte1 | sie fläzten1 | ||
imperative | fläz (du) fläze (du) |
fläzt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ 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 [1]
- ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Band 6. Leipzig 1906, S. 667: Eintrag „Fläz“
Further reading
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