flitschen

== German == === Etymology === Variant of flitzen, which see. === Pronunciation === === Verb === flitschen (weak, third-person singular present flitscht, past tense flitschte, past participle geflitscht, auxiliary haben or sein) (regional, including western Germany, transitive) to tighten something and let it shoot off [auxiliary haben] Synonyms: schnippen, wegschnippen (regional, transitive) to skim; to throw or shoot closely over a surface [auxiliary haben] Synonyms: springen lassen, titschen, flippen, schiefern (all but the first also regional) (regional, intransitive) to be shot or thrown in one of these ways [auxiliary sein] ==== Usage notes ==== Auxiliary is haben in transitive and sein in intransitive use. ==== Conjugation ====