flens

• IPA^(key): /flɛns/
• Hyphenation: flens
• Rhymes: -ɛns

Compare German Plinse, Flinse, Flins, of Slavic origin. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

flens f (plural flensen, diminutive flensje n)

1. (usually in the diminutive) a small, flat pancake
   • 2016 April 1, Henja Schneider, “Hartveroverende flensjestaart met spinazie”, in Trouw:

     Bestrijk een spinazieflensje met een laagje humus. Leg er een flensje op en bestrijk ook dat met humus. Bouw zo verder aan de stapel tot de flensjes op zijn.

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2. (Northern, dialectal, dated) a smack, blow, especially on the ear
3. (rare) a small (loin)cloth

flens

1. (Northern, dialectal, dated) An exclamation used to express hitting or throwing.

From English flange.

flens m (plural flensen, diminutive flensje n)

1. a flange, rim or collar on a metal object
2. the flattened end of a metal bar, to be fixed on a surface

• flensdeksel n
• flenspijp
• flensrand
• flensstuk n
• flensverbinding

Uncertain.

flens f (uncountable)

1. (Bargoens) milk

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flens

1. singular imperative of flensen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of flensen

Present active participle of fleō (“cry, weep”).

flēns (genitive flentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. weeping, crying
   • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.3.17-18:

     uxor amāns flentem flēns ācrius ipsa tenēbat,
     imbre per indignās usque cadente genās.

     [My] loving wife was embracing [me in my] grieving, crying more bitterly herself, with a shower of tears falling endlessly down [her] cheeks, undeserving [of such anguish].

2. lamenting or grieving for

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

flens

1. plural of flen