flunkern
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
    
- IPA(key): /ˈflʊŋkɐn/
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- Hyphenation: flun‧kern
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
    
| infinitive | flunkern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | flunkernd | ||||
| past participle | geflunkert | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich flunkre ich flunkere ich flunker | wir flunkern | i | ich flunkere ich flunkre | wir flunkern | 
| du flunkerst | ihr flunkert | du flunkerest du flunkrest | ihr flunkeret ihr flunkret | ||
| er flunkert | sie flunkern | er flunkere er flunkre | sie flunkern | ||
| preterite | ich flunkerte | wir flunkerten | ii | ich flunkerte1 | wir flunkerten1 | 
| du flunkertest | ihr flunkertet | du flunkertest1 | ihr flunkertet1 | ||
| er flunkerte | sie flunkerten | er flunkerte1 | sie flunkerten1 | ||
| imperative | flunkre (du) flunker (du) flunkere (du) | flunkert (ihr) | |||
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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