Flanken
German, noun[ˈflaŋkn̩]
Flanken is spelled F-L-A-N-K-E-N (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,305th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flanken is a German noun meaning “plural of Flanke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Flanken mean in English?
noun
- 1
plural of Flanke
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Ball in einem Pass aus dem seitlichen Bereich des Spielfeldes (= einer Flanke) zu einem Mitspieler spielen 2. gestrecktes Springen über ein Turngerät
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 Flanken
- flanke present
- flankst present
- flankt present
- flankte past
- flank! imperative singular
- flanke! imperative singular
- flankt! imperative plural
- geflankt participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- geflankt haben active infinitive perfect
- geflankt werden processual-passive infinitive present
- geflankt worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- geflankt sein statal-passive infinitive present
- geflankt gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
- zu flanken active extended infinitive
- geflankt zu haben active extended infinitive
- geflankt zu werden processual-passive extended infinitive
- geflankt worden zu sein processual-passive extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Flanken?
- [ˈflaŋkn̩]
- [ˈflaŋkŋ̍]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Flanken in German?
Flanken appears 2.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).