flackern
German
Etymology
From Middle High German vlackern, perhaps ultimately imitative of birds' wings,[1] or from Proto-Germanic *flakuraz (“shaking, wavering”), related to *flakurōną (“to roam, wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *plag- (“to roam, wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelə- (“to wander”). Or, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”).[2] [3]
From flacken + -ern (iterative suffix)[4]
See also West Frisian flikkerje, Middle Low German vlickeren (“to beat, flap”), Old English flicorian (“to flap, flutter”). More at English flicker, flaunt.
Pronunciation
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Verb
flackern (weak, third-person singular present flackert, past tense flackerte, past participle geflackert, auxiliary haben)
- to flicker
Conjugation
infinitive | flackern | ||||
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present participle | flackernd | ||||
past participle | geflackert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich flackre ich flackere ich flacker |
wir flackern | i | ich flackere ich flackre |
wir flackern |
du flackerst | ihr flackert | du flackerest du flackrest |
ihr flackeret ihr flackret | ||
er flackert | sie flackern | er flackere er flackre |
sie flackern | ||
preterite | ich flackerte | wir flackerten | ii | ich flackerte1 | wir flackerten1 |
du flackertest | ihr flackertet | du flackertest1 | ihr flackertet1 | ||
er flackerte | sie flackerten | er flackerte1 | sie flackerten1 | ||
imperative | flackre (du) flacker (du) flackere (du) |
flackert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “flicker”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “vlieghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “flackern (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- https://www.dwds.de/wb/flackern
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