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flitzen

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German

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Etymology

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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

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

Verb

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

  1. to speed, to whiz, to rush

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “flitzen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
  • “flitzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “flitzen” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From German flitzen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈflitsen/, [ˈflit͡sən]

Verb

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

  1. to speed, to whiz

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive flitzen
participle geflitzt
auxiliary sinn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular flitzen —
2nd singular flitz flitz
3rd singular flitzt —
1st plural flitzen —
2nd plural flitzt flitzt
3rd plural flitzen —

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.