flehen
See also: Flehen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German vlēhen (also vlēgen, vlēn, etc.) from the coalescence of Old High German flēhan, flēhōn, flehōn, and flēgōn, from Proto-West Germanic *flaihijan, *flaihōn, *flaigōn (“to flatter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfleːən/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːən
Verb
flehen (weak, third-person singular present fleht, past tense flehte, past participle gefleht, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
infinitive | flehen | ||||
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present participle | flehend | ||||
past participle | gefleht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich flehe | wir flehen | i | ich flehe | wir flehen |
du flehst | ihr fleht | du flehest | ihr flehet | ||
er fleht | sie flehen | er flehe | sie flehen | ||
preterite | ich flehte | wir flehten | ii | ich flehte1 | wir flehten1 |
du flehtest | ihr flehtet | du flehtest1 | ihr flehtet1 | ||
er flehte | sie flehten | er flehte1 | sie flehten1 | ||
imperative | fleh (du) flehe (du) |
fleht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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