flateren

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • (to blabber): flatteren (dated)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. The sense to blunder was back-formed from flater, itself derives from flateren in the older sense.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflaː.tə.rə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: fla‧te‧ren
  • Rhymes: -aːtərən

Verb

flateren

  1. (intransitive) to blabber, to ramble, to chit-chat
  2. (intransitive) to blunder, to commit an embarrassing error
    Synonym: blunderen

Inflection

Conjugation of flateren (weak)
infinitive flateren
past singular flaterde
past participle geflaterd
infinitive flateren
gerund flateren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular flaterflaterde
2nd person sing. (jij) flatertflaterde
2nd person sing. (u) flatertflaterde
2nd person sing. (gij) flatertflaterde
3rd person singular flatertflaterde
plural flaterenflaterden
subjunctive sing.1 flatereflaterde
subjunctive plur.1 flaterenflaterden
imperative sing. flater
imperative plur.1 flatert
participles flaterendgeflaterd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

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