flackern
German, verb[ˈflakɐn]
flackern is spelled F-L-A-C-K-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 63,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flackern is a German verb meaning “to flicker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unterbrochen oder ungleichmäßig Licht aussenden”.
What does flackern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flicker
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. unterbrochen oder ungleichmäßig Licht aussenden
noun: 1. unruhiges, zittriges Leuchten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of flackern
- flackert present singular third-person
- flackerte past
- geflackert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- flackernd participle present
- flackre first-person indicative present
- flackere first-person indicative present
- flacker first-person indicative present
- flackerst indicative present second-person
- flackerest second-person singular subjunctive
- flackrest second-person singular subjunctive
- flackeret plural second-person subjunctive
- flackret plural second-person subjunctive
- flackerten first-person indicative plural
- flackertest indicative preterite second-person
- flackertet indicative plural preterite
- flackere! imperative singular
- flacker! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flackern?
- [ˈflakɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flackern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flackern in German?
flackern appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).