flens

Dutch

FWOTD – 29 November 2016

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɛns/
• Hyphenation: flens
• Rhymes: -ɛns

Etymology 1

Compare German Plinse, Flinse, Flins, of Slavic origin. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

flens f (plural flensen, diminutive flensje n)

1. (usually in the diminutive) a small, flat pancake
   • 2016 April 1, Henja Schneider, “Hartveroverende flensjestaart met spinazie”, in Trouw:

     Bestrijk een spinazieflensje met een laagje humus. Leg er een flensje op en bestrijk ook dat met humus. Bouw zo verder aan de stapel tot de flensjes op zijn.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Northern, dialectal, dated) a smack, blow, especially on the ear
3. (rare) a small (loin)cloth

Interjection

flens

1. (Northern, dialectal, dated) An exclamation used to express hitting or throwing.

Etymology 2

From English flange.

Noun

flens m (plural flensen, diminutive flensje n)

1. a flange, rim or collar on a metal object
2. the flattened end of a metal bar, to be fixed on a surface

Derived terms

• flensdeksel n
• flenspijp
• flensrand
• flensstuk n
• flensverbinding

Etymology 3

Uncertain.

Noun

flens f (uncountable)

1. (Bargoens) milk

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

flens

1. singular imperative of flensen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of flensen

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of fleō (“cry, weep”).

Participle

flēns (genitive flentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. weeping, crying
   • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.3.17-18:

     uxor amāns flentem flēns ācrius ipsa tenēbat,
     imbre per indignās usque cadente genās.

     [My] loving wife was embracing [me in my] grieving, crying more bitterly herself, with a shower of tears falling endlessly down [her] cheeks, undeserving [of such anguish].

2. lamenting or grieving for

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	flēns			flentēs	flentia
Genitive	flentis			flentium
Dative	flentī			flentibus
Accusative	flentem	flēns		flentēs flentīs	flentia
Ablative	flente flentī1			flentibus
Vocative	flēns			flentēs	flentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Volapük

Noun

flens

1. plural of flen