fläzen

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German

Etymology

From Fläz (lazybones) +‎ -en, from Low German Fläz of unknown origin.[1] Perhaps through Münster region vläts (a loathsome person)[2] from Proto-West Germanic *wlātiþō or derived from the name of the theologian Matthias Flacius.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛːtsən/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: flä‧zen

Verb

fläzen (weak, third-person singular present fläzt, past tense fläzte, past participle gefläzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (usually reflexive, rarely intransitive, colloquial) to sprawl
    • 2021 September 7, Tim Caspar Boehme, “Älterwerden beim Filmfestival Venedig: Biertrinken in der Sonne”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[2], →ISSN:
      Man fläzt sich in einem luxuriösen Ferienresort im Pool, auf den Sonnenliegen, trinkt zum Frühstück Cocktails.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
  2. ^ Wörterbuch der westfälischen Mundart, Franz Woeste, BoD – Books on Demand, 2010, p. 302: Entry [1]
  3. ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Band 6. Leipzig 1906, S. 667: Eintrag „Fläz“

Further reading

  • fläzen” in Duden online
  • fläzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • fläzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon