fletschen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vletschen (bare one's teeth), from or related to vletzen (flatten, spread out) (for the change of -tz- to -tsch, compare rutschen), related to Old High German flaz and English flat.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛt͡ʃn̩/
  • Hyphenation: flet‧schen

Verb

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fletschen (weak, third-person singular present fletscht, past tense fletschte, past participle gefletscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to bare (one's teeth), snarl

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ fletschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Further reading

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