flattern

== German == === Etymology === Early New High German flatern, from Middle High German vladeren, probably related to Falter (“moth”). Compare Dutch fladderen, Lithuanian plazdė́ti (“to flutter, beat the wings vigorously”), Latvian pledināt (“to move the wings”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfla.tərn/ Hyphenation: flat‧tern === Verb === flattern (weak, third-person singular present flattert, past tense flatterte, past participle geflattert, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to flutter ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Flattern flatternd Flattermann wegflattern === Further reading === “flattern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “flattern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “flattern” in Duden online “flattern” in OpenThesaurus.de