flittern
Appearance
See also: Flittern
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]flittern (countable and uncountable, plural flitterns)
- (obsolete, dialect) The bark obtained from young oak trees.
- (obsolete, dialect) A young oak tree.
- 1857, William Fordyce, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham:
- In August, 1851, 7,600 oak flittern trees and poles were sold by auction
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Middle High German flettern, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *flutrōną, frequentative of *flutōną (“to float”). Probably related to Low German fluttern. Cognate with English flutter and related to English float.
Verb
[edit]flittern (weak, third-person singular present flittert, past tense flitterte, past participle geflittert, auxiliary haben)
- (archaic) to glisten, sparkle
- 1782, Friedrich Schiller, Morgenfantasie:
- Wie silberfarb flittern / Die Wiesen, wie zittern / Tausend Sonnen im perlendem Thau!
- Like silvern the meadows glisten / How jittern there are thousand suns in pearly dew!
- (obsolete) to flutter
- Synonym: flattern
- (obsolete) to laugh, to giggle
- Synonym: kichern
- (obsolete) to fawn, to flatter
- Synonyms: kosen, schmeicheln, flattieren
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | flittern | ||||
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present participle | flitternd | ||||
past participle | geflittert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich flittre ich flittere ich flitter |
wir flittern | i | ich flittere ich flittre |
wir flittern |
du flitterst | ihr flittert | du flitterest du flittrest |
ihr flitteret ihr flittret | ||
er flittert | sie flittern | er flittere er flittre |
sie flittern | ||
preterite | ich flitterte | wir flitterten | ii | ich flitterte1 | wir flitterten1 |
du flittertest | ihr flittertet | du flittertest1 | ihr flittertet1 | ||
er flitterte | sie flitterten | er flitterte1 | sie flitterten1 | ||
imperative | flittre (du) flitter (du) flittere (du) |
flittert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Back-formation from Flitterwochen (“honeymoon”).
Verb
[edit]flittern (weak, third-person singular present flittert, past tense flitterte, past participle geflittert, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, humorous) to honeymoon
- 2011, Birgit Hasselbusch, Flirt-Angriff, Rowohlt, →ISBN:
- «Will ja nur nicht, dass du mir eine Ansichtskarte schickst mit den Worten: Wir flittern gerade zwischen Monaco und St. Tropez. Mia und Olivier oder so.»
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | flittern | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | flitternd | ||||
past participle | geflittert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich flittre ich flittere ich flitter |
wir flittern | i | ich flittere ich flittre |
wir flittern |
du flitterst | ihr flittert | du flitterest du flittrest |
ihr flitteret ihr flittret | ||
er flittert | sie flittern | er flittere er flittre |
sie flittern | ||
preterite | ich flitterte | wir flitterten | ii | ich flitterte1 | wir flitterten1 |
du flittertest | ihr flittertet | du flittertest1 | ihr flittertet1 | ||
er flitterte | sie flitterten | er flitterte1 | sie flitterten1 | ||
imperative | flittre (du) flitter (du) flittere (du) |
flittert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
[edit]- “flittern” in Duden online
- “flittern” in Duden online
- “flittern” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “flittern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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