Flanke

== German == === Etymology === Ca. 1600, from French flanc, from Old French flanc, from Proto-West Germanic *hlanku. Doublet of now obsolete Lanke, which likely influenced the form and gender of the borrowing; analogy with Seite may also have contributed. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflaŋkə/ === Noun === Flanke f (genitive Flanke, plural Flanken) (anatomy) flank, side (of the body) Synonyms: Seite, Körperseite (military, ball games) flank (side of the field) Synonym: Flügel (ball games, especially soccer) cross (ball from the flank towards the centre) Synonyms: Flankenball, Hereingabe ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== flanken, flankieren ==== Related terms ==== lenken === Further reading === “Flanke”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Flanke” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Flanke” in Duden online