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flexen

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German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Flex +‎ -en

Verb

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flexen (weak, third-person singular present flext, past tense flexte, past participle geflext, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to cut with a Flex (angle grinder)
    Synonym: trennschleifen
  2. (intransitive, slang) to grind (to work hard)
    • 2016 August 27, Martina Kix, Leonie Seifert, quoting Denyo, “Beginner: "Jeden Tag flexen, flexen, flexen"”, in Die Zeit[1], Hamburg, →ISSN:
      Deshalb war ich draußen. Ich habe für die Beginner-Platte vier Jahre gearbeitet. Jeden Tag flexen, flexen, flexen. Irgendwann ging’s. Vergangenen August haben wir entschieden, was geil ist, und das Album gemischt.
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Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English flex.

Verb

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flexen (weak, third-person singular present flext, past tense flexte, past participle geflext, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, slang) to flex (to flaunt one's superiority)
    Synonyms: angeben, protzen

Further reading

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  • flexen” in Duden online
  • flexen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache