Flechse in German

IPA: /ˈflɛksə/ Audio: De-Flechse.ogg

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Etymology: 16th century, of unknown origin. Widely assumed to be from an underlying *Flechtsehne (literally “wattle-sinew, braid-sinew”), from flechten + Sehne; but this is neither attested nor entirely clear semantically. Derivation from Latin flexus (“bent, bending”) is usually dismissed, though it should be noted that the earliest attestation of 1564 is spelt with -x-. Etymology templates: {{unknown|de|nocap=1}} unknown, {{noncog|la|flexus|t=bent, bending}} Latin flexus (“bent, bending”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Flechse f (genitive Flechse, plural Flechsen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Flechse [genitive], Flechsen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Flechse [nominative, singular], Flechsen [definite, nominative, plural], Flechse [genitive, singular], Flechsen [definite, genitive, plural], Flechse [dative, singular], Flechsen [dative, definite, plural], Flechse [accusative, singular], Flechsen [accusative, definite, plural], Flachse [alternative, Austria, Bavaria]

Inflected forms

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"Flechse" meaning in German

Noun

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