flashen

[ˈflɛʃn̩]

/[ˈflɛʃn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“flashen” is uncommon German (frequency #72,414 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,414
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf einem Festwertspeicher gespeicherte Daten überschreiben

Corpus desk

Index DE-flashen · flashen · German

flashen · rank #72,414 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,414
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH flackert

Nearest frequency peer: flackert (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „flashen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „flashen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for flashen
PropertyValue
Headwordflashen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈflɛʃn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,414
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „flashen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).flashenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „flackert“ (#72,413), „Fleischesser“ (#72,415), „fliegendes“ (#72,416). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „flashen“ bei #72,414. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flashen is uncommon German at frequency #72,414 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈflɛʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for flashen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is flashen, spelled F-L-A-S-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf einem Festwertspeicher gespeicherte Daten überschreiben
  2. 2
    (jemanden) extrem begeistern, (bei jemandem) große Emotionen auslösen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how flashen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wie flashe ich eine CD ROM?
  2. Die Party gestern Abend hat (mich) ganz schön geflasht.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flashen"?
"flashen" is spelled F-L-A-S-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈflɛʃn̩].
What does "flashen" mean?
As a verb, "flashen" means: auf einem Festwertspeicher gespeicherte Daten überschreiben
How do you pronounce "flashen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flashen" is [ˈflɛʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flashen" come from?
"flashen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flashen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

finding#72,409Fontäne#72,423forsche#72,424Gardine#72,447

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list