blechen

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• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛçn̩/
• Hyphenation: ble‧chen

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blechen (weak, third-person singular present blecht, past tense blechte, past participle geblecht, auxiliary haben)

1. (colloquial) to cough up, to fork out, hand over (i.e. money)

   Synonyms: bezahlen, berappen, brennen, löhnen, pecken, zahlen

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• “blechen” in Duden online
• “blechen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “blechen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

• bleken

From Old English blǣċan, from Proto-West Germanic *blaikijan, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛːt͡ʃən/

blechen

1. To bleach (cloth).

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• English: bleach
• Scots: bleche, bleitch
• Yola: ee-blighte (ppl.)

• “blēchen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.