flikkeren

Dutch

Etymology

From earlier flickeren, vlickeren, perhaps equivalent to vlikken +‎ -erenCategory:Dutch terms suffixed with -eren (frequentative)#FLIKKEREN. Perhaps ultimately imitativeCategory:Dutch onomatopoeias#FLIKKEREN of birds' wings,[1] or from Proto-GermanicCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#FLIKKEREN *flakuraz (“shaking, wavering”), related to *flakurōną (“to roam, wander”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FLIKKEREN *plag- (“to roam, wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelə- (“to wander”). Or, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”).[2] [3]

Compare West Frisian flikkerje, Middle Low German vlickeren (“to beat, flap”), Old English flicorian (“to flap, flutter”). More at English flicker, flaunt.

Pronunciation

Verb

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  1. (intransitiveCategory:Dutch intransitive verbs#FLIKKEREN) to flicker, to waver unsteadily
  2. (intransitiveCategory:Dutch intransitive verbs#FLIKKEREN, colloquialCategory:Dutch colloquialisms#FLIKKEREN) to fall
  3. (transitiveCategory:Dutch transitive verbs#FLIKKEREN, colloquialCategory:Dutch colloquialisms#FLIKKEREN) to throw, usually carelessly

Conjugation

Conjugation of flikkeren (weak)
infinitive flikkeren
past singular flikkerde
past participle geflikkerd
infinitive flikkeren
gerund flikkeren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular flikkerflikkerde
2nd person sing. (jij) flikkert, flikker2flikkerde
2nd person sing. (u) flikkertflikkerde
2nd person sing. (gij) flikkertflikkerde
3rd person singular flikkertflikkerde
plural flikkerenflikkerden
subjunctive sing.1 flikkereflikkerde
subjunctive plur.1 flikkerenflikkerden
imperative sing. flikker
imperative plur.1 flikkert
participles flikkerendgeflikkerd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Category:Dutch weak verbs#FLIKKERENCategory:Dutch basic verbs#FLIKKEREN

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “flicker”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ↑ “vlieghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  3. ↑ Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “flikkeren (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
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