flitzen

German

Etymology

From obsolete Flitz (arrow) + -en, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, from Frankish *fliukkijā, related to *fleugan (to fly) (whence fliegen), from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɪtsən/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: flit‧zen

Verb

flitzen (weak, third-person singular present flitzt, past tense flitzte, past participle geflitzt, auxiliary sein)

  1. to speed, to whiz, to rush

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflitsen/, [ˈflit͡sən]

Verb

flitzen (third-person singular present flitzt, past participle geflitzt, auxiliary verb sinn)

  1. to speed, to whiz

Conjugation

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

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