flexen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛksn̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɛksn̩
  • (file)
  • Homophone: flächsen

Etymology 1

Flex + -en

Verb

flexen (weak, third-person singular present flext, past tense flexte, past participle geflext, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to cut with a Flex (angle grinder)
    Synonym: trennschleifen
  2. (intransitive, slang) to grind (to work hard)
    • 2016 August 27, Martina Kix, Leonie Seifert, quoting Denyo, “Beginner: "Jeden Tag flexen, flexen, flexen"”, in Die Zeit, Hamburg, →ISSN:
      Deshalb war ich draußen. Ich habe für die Beginner-Platte vier Jahre gearbeitet. Jeden Tag flexen, flexen, flexen. Irgendwann ging’s. Vergangenen August haben wir entschieden, was geil ist, und das Album gemischt.
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Conjugation
Derived terms
  • abflexen
  • wegflexen

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English flex.

Verb

flexen (weak, third-person singular present flext, past tense flexte, past participle geflext, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, slang) to flex (to flaunt one's superiority)
    Synonyms: angeben, protzen

Further reading

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