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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vlēhen (also vlēgen, vlēn, etc.) from the coalescence of Old High German flēhan, flēhōn, flehōn, and flēgōn, from Proto-West Germanic *flaihijan, *flaihōn, *flaigōn (“to flatter”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]flehen (weak, third-person singular present fleht, past tense flehte, past participle gefleht, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | flehen | ||||
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present participle | flehend | ||||
past participle | gefleht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich flehe | wir flehen | i | ich flehe | wir flehen |
du flehst | ihr fleht | du flehest | ihr flehet | ||
er fleht | sie flehen | er flehe | sie flehen | ||
preterite | ich flehte | wir flehten | ii | ich flehte1 | wir flehten1 |
du flehtest | ihr flehtet | du flehtest1 | ihr flehtet1 | ||
er flehte | sie flehten | er flehte1 | sie flehten1 | ||
imperative | fleh (du) flehe (du) |
fleht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/eːən
- Rhymes:German/eːən/2 syllables
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary