flechten

From Middle High German vlehten, from Old High German flehtan, from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛçtən/

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flechten (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present flicht or flechtet, past tense flocht, past participle geflochten, past subjunctive flöchte, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to plait; to braid; to weave

• For the 2nd and 3rd person singular there are two sets of forms: regularized (du flechtest, er flechtet) and traditional (du flichtst, er flicht). Only the traditional forms are standard, and they remain favoured in literary German, but are rare in the vernacular and might even be unintelligible to many less educated speakers.

• einflechten
• entflechten
• umflechten
• verflechten

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From Old High German flehtan, from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną. Cognate with German flechten, Dutch vlechten, Icelandic flétta, Danish flette.

• IPA^(key): /ˈflæχten/, [ˈflæɕtən]
  • Rhymes: -æɕtən

flechten (third-person singular present flecht, past participle geflecht, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to plait, to braid

• trëtzen