flexen
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]flexen (weak, third-person singular present flext, past tense flexte, past participle geflext, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to cut with a Flex (angle grinder)
- Synonym: trennschleifen
- (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
[edit]infinitive | flexen | ||||
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present participle | flexend | ||||
past participle | geflext | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich flexe | wir flexen | i | ich flexe | wir flexen |
du flext | ihr flext | du flexest | ihr flexet | ||
er flext | sie flexen | er flexe | sie flexen | ||
preterite | ich flexte | wir flexten | ii | ich flexte1 | wir flexten1 |
du flextest | ihr flextet | du flextest1 | ihr flextet1 | ||
er flexte | sie flexten | er flexte1 | sie flexten1 | ||
imperative | flex (du) flexe (du) |
flext (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]flexen (weak, third-person singular present flext, past tense flexte, past participle geflext, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, slang) to flex (to flaunt one's superiority)
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