flackern

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vlackern, perhaps ultimately imitative of birds' wings, or from Proto-Germanic *flakuraz (“shaking, wavering”), related to *flakurōną (“to roam, wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *plag- (“to roam, wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelə- (“to wander”). Or, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”). From flacken +‎ -ern (iterative suffix) See also West Frisian flikkerje, Middle Low German vlickeren (“to beat, flap”), Old English flicorian (“to flap, flutter”). More at English flicker, flaunt. === Pronunciation === === Verb === flackern (weak, third-person singular present flackert, past tense flackerte, past participle geflackert, auxiliary haben) to flicker ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === “flackern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “flackern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “flackern” in Duden online “flackern” in OpenThesaurus.de