flechten

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vlëhten, from Old High German flëhtan, from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflɛçtən/ Rhymes: -ɛçtn̩ === Verb === flechten (weak or class 3 strong, third-person singular present flechtet or (traditional/standard) flicht, past tense flechtete or (traditional/standard) flocht, past participle geflechtet or (traditional/standard) geflochten, past subjunctive flechtete or (traditional/standard) flöchte, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to plait; to braid; to weave ==== Usage notes ==== For the 2nd and 3rd person singular there are two sets of forms: regularized (du flechtest, er flechtet) and traditional (du flichtst, er flicht). Only the traditional forms are standard, and they remain favoured in literary German, but are rare in the vernacular and might even be unintelligible to many less educated speakers. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Flechten, Flechter, Flechtung flechtend, geflochten entflechten, verflechten ==== Related terms ==== einflechten umflechten Flechtwerk === Further reading === “flechten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “flechten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “flechten” in Duden online “flechten” in OpenThesaurus.de == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Old High German flehtan, from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną. Cognate with German flechten, Dutch vlechten, Icelandic flétta, Danish flette. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflæχten/, [ˈflæɕtən] Rhymes: -æɕtən === Verb === flechten (third-person singular present flecht, past participle geflecht, auxiliary verb hunn) to plait, to braid ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== trëtzen