flunkern
German
Etymology
Borrowed from German Low German [Term?]. The original meaning is “to gleam, move quickly”. Compare flink. The meaning “to boast, stretch the truth” (probably from “want to shine, be brilliant”) already developed in Low German.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflʊŋkɐn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: flun‧kern
Verb
flunkern (weak, third-person singular present flunkert, past tense flunkerte, past participle geflunkert, auxiliary haben)
- to tell harmless lies, to brag in an exaggerating way, to fib
Conjugation
infinitive | flunkern | ||||
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present participle | flunkernd | ||||
past participle | geflunkert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich flunkre ich flunkere ich flunker |
wir flunkern | i | ich flunkere ich flunkre |
wir flunkern |
du flunkerst | ihr flunkert | du flunkerest du flunkrest |
ihr flunkeret ihr flunkret | ||
er flunkert | sie flunkern | er flunkere er flunkre |
sie flunkern | ||
preterite | ich flunkerte | wir flunkerten | ii | ich flunkerte1 | wir flunkerten1 |
du flunkertest | ihr flunkertet | du flunkertest1 | ihr flunkertet1 | ||
er flunkerte | sie flunkerten | er flunkerte1 | sie flunkerten1 | ||
imperative | flunkre (du) flunker (du) flunkere (du) |
flunkert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
- (tell lies): schwindeln, aufschneiden
Derived terms
- Flunkern, Flunkerer, Flunkerei, Geflunker
- flunkernd, geflunkert
- anflunkern
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