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flappen

German, verb

flappen is spelled F-L-A-P-P-E-N (7 letters). Flappen is a German verb meaning “to move noisily (in a draft or gust of wind), often with a flapping sound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does flappen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to move noisily (in a draft or gust of wind), often with a flapping sound

  2. 2

    to cause something to move in such a way that it makes noise in a draft or gust of wind

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of flappen

  • flappt present singular third-person
  • flappte past
  • geflappt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • flappend participle present
  • flappe first-person indicative present
  • flappst indicative present second-person
  • flappest second-person singular subjunctive
  • flappet plural second-person subjunctive
  • flappten first-person indicative plural
  • flapptest indicative preterite second-person
  • flapptet indicative plural preterite
  • flapp imperative second-person singular
  • habe geflappt first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben geflappt first-person indicative multiword-construction

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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