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flunkern
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from German Low German [Term?]. The original meaning is “to gleam, move quickly”. Compare flink. The meaning “to boast, stretch the truth” (probably from “want to shine, be brilliant”) already developed in Low German.
Pronunciation
Verb
flunkern (weak, third-person singular present flunkert, past tense flunkerte, past participle geflunkert, auxiliary haben)
- to tell harmless lies, to brag in an exaggerating way, to fib
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
- (tell lies): schwindeln, aufschneiden
Derived terms
- Flunkern, Flunkerer, Flunkerei, Geflunker
- flunkernd, geflunkert
- anflunkern
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