German

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Etymology

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From Old High German flannēn.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈflɛnən]
  • Hyphenation: flen‧nen
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Verb

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flennen (weak, third-person singular present flennt, past tense flennte, past participle geflennt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to cry (noisily)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “flennen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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  • flennen” in Duden online
  • flennen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache