Phlegma

See also: phlegma

German

Etymology

Latin phlegma

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛɡma/, /ˈfleːɡma/
  • (file)

Noun

Phlegma n (strong, genitive Phlegmas, no plural)

  1. phlegm
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 459:
      Dann und wann trat ein Buch, eine Schrift auf, um die man sich riß, nach der auch die nicht mehr Lesenden mit nur erheucheltem Phlegma die Hände streckten.
      Now and then a book appeared, a piece of writing that people scrambled for; even those who no longer read stretched forth their hands with only feigned phlegmaticism."

Declension

Further reading

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