flechten
German, verb
flechten is spelled F-L-E-C-H-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flechten is a German verb meaning “to plait; to braid; to weave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Flechten is a different word: “gerund of flechten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(meist) drei Stränge (zum Beispiel Haare oder Bänder) miteinander verschlingen”.
What does flechten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to plait; to braid; to weave
noun
- 1
neutergerund of flechten
noun
- 1
plural of Flechte
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (meist) drei Stränge (zum Beispiel Haare oder Bänder) miteinander verschlingen 2. etwas herstellen, indem man Stränge biegsamen Materials ineinanderschlingt
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 flechten
- flechtet present singular third-person
- flicht archaic present singular
- flechtete past
- flocht archaic past standard
- geflechtet participle past
- geflochten archaic participle past
- flöchte archaic past standard
- haben auxiliary
- flechtend participle present
- flechte first-person indicative present
- flechtest indicative present second-person
- flichtst archaic indicative present
- flechteten first-person indicative plural
- flochten archaic first-person indicative
- flöchten archaic first-person formal
- flechtetest indicative preterite second-person
- flochtest archaic indicative preterite
- flicht! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to flechten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flechten in German?
flechten appears 1.9 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).