flitzen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]flitzen (weak, third-person singular present flitzt, past tense flitzte, past participle geflitzt, auxiliary sein)
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | flitzen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | flitzend | ||||
| past participle | geflitzt | ||||
| auxiliary | sein | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich flitze | wir flitzen | i | ich flitze | wir flitzen |
| du flitzt | ihr flitzt | du flitzest | ihr flitzet | ||
| er flitzt | sie flitzen | er flitze | sie flitzen | ||
| preterite | ich flitzte | wir flitzten | ii | ich flitzte1 | wir flitzten1 |
| du flitztest | ihr flitztet | du flitztest1 | ihr flitztet1 | ||
| er flitzte | sie flitzten | er flitzte1 | sie flitzten1 | ||
| imperative | flitz (du) flitze (du) |
flitzt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “flitzen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
- “flitzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “flitzen” in Duden online
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]flitzen (third-person singular present flitzt, past participle geflitzt, auxiliary verb sinn)
Conjugation
[edit]Categories:
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plewk-
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German terms derived from Dutch
- German terms derived from Middle French
- German terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- German terms derived from Frankish
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms suffixed with -en
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using sein as auxiliary
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Luxembourgish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plewk-
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Dutch
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle French
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Frankish
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from German
- Luxembourgish 2-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish verbs
- Luxembourgish verbs using sinn as auxiliary