flattern
German, verb
flattern is spelled F-L-A-T-T-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flattern is a German verb meaning “to flutter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Flattern is a different word: “gerund of flattern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich schnell hin und her (beziehungsweise auf und ab) bewegen”.
What does flattern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flutter
Die Fahnen flattern im Wind.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of flattern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich schnell hin und her (beziehungsweise auf und ab) bewegen 2. Flügel aktiv schnell bewegen
verb: 1. sich mit schnellen Flügelschlägen fortbewegen 2. sich vom Wind durch die Luft tragen lassen
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 flattern
- flattert present singular third-person
- flatterte past
- geflattert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- flatternd participle present
- flattre first-person indicative present
- flattere first-person indicative present
- flatter first-person indicative present
- flatterst indicative present second-person
- flatterest second-person singular subjunctive
- flattrest second-person singular subjunctive
- flatteret plural second-person subjunctive
- flattret plural second-person subjunctive
- flatterten first-person indicative plural
- flattertest indicative preterite second-person
- flattertet indicative plural preterite
- flattere! imperative singular
- flattert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to flattern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flattern in German?
flattern appears 1.4 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).