flackeren

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Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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 *pelH- (to wander). Or, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (to fly).[2] [3]

Verb[edit]

flackeren (third-person singular present flackert, past participle geflackert, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to flicker

Conjugation[edit]

Regular
infinitive flackeren
participle geflackert
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular flackeren
2nd singular flackers flacker
3rd singular flackert
1st plural flackeren
2nd plural flackert flackert
3rd plural flackeren
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “flicker”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ vlieghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  3. ^ Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “flackeren (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I