flackeren

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German vlackern, perhaps ultimately imitative of birds' wings,[1] or from Proto-Germanic *flakuraz (“shaking, wavering”), related to *flakurōną (“to roam, wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *plag- (“to roam, wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“to wander”). Or, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”).[2] [3]

Verb

flackeren (third-person singular present flackert, past participle geflackert, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to flicker

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive flackeren
participle geflackert
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative 		imperative
1st singular flackeren —
2nd singular flackers flacker
3rd singular flackert —
1st plural flackeren —
2nd plural flackert flackert
3rd plural flackeren —

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “flicker”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ “vlieghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  3. ^ Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “flackeren (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
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