fläzen
German, verb/ˈflɛːtsən/
fläzen is spelled F-L-Ä-Z-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written German, the 401,709th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fläzen is a German verb meaning “to sprawl, to lounge (to situate or have situated oneself in a relaxed, careless, non-upright manner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich unmanierlich entspannt hinlegen; in nachlässiger Haltung halb sitzen, halb liegen; sich halb setzen…”.
What does fläzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialrareto sprawl, to lounge (to situate or have situated oneself in a relaxed, careless, non-upright manner)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich unmanierlich entspannt hinlegen; in nachlässiger Haltung halb sitzen, halb liegen; sich halb setzen, halb legen
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 fläzen
- fläzt present singular third-person
- fläzte past
- gefläzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- fläzend participle present
- fläze first-person indicative present
- fläzest second-person singular subjunctive
- fläzet plural second-person subjunctive
- fläzten first-person indicative plural
- fläztest indicative preterite second-person
- fläztet indicative plural preterite
- fläz imperative second-person singular
- habe gefläzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gefläzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- fläze! imperative singular
- fläz! imperative singular
- fläzt! imperative plural
- sich fläzen infinitive present not-extended
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fläzen?
- /ˈflɛːtsən/
- [ˈflɛːt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fläzen in German?
fläzen appears about once in every 45 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).