flateren

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • flatteren (to blabber, dated)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. The sense to blunder was back-formed from flater, itself derives from flateren in the older sense.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflaː.tə.rə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: fla‧te‧ren
  • Rhymes: -aːtərən

Verb

flateren

  1. (intransitive) to blabber, to ramble, to chit-chat
  2. (intransitive) to blunder, to commit an embarrassing error
    Synonym: blunderen

Conjugation

Conjugation of flateren (weak)
infinitive flateren
past singular flaterde
past participle geflaterd
infinitive flateren
gerund flateren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular flater flaterde
2nd person sing. (jij) flatert, flater2 flaterde
2nd person sing. (u) flatert flaterde
2nd person sing. (gij) flatert flaterde
3rd person singular flatert flaterde
plural flateren flaterden
subjunctive sing.1 flatere flaterde
subjunctive plur.1 flateren flaterden
imperative sing. flater
imperative plur.1 flatert
participles flaterend geflaterd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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