fletschen
German, verb
fletschen is a German verb meaning “to bare (one's teeth), snarl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Fletschen is a different word: “gerund of fletschen; snarl”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Öffnen des Mundes oder Maules die Zähne drohend zeigen”.
What does fletschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bare (one's teeth), snarl
noun
- 1
neutergerund of fletschen; snarl
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch Öffnen des Mundes oder Maules die Zähne drohend zeigen
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 fletschen
- fletscht present singular third-person
- fletschte past
- gefletscht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- fletschend participle present
- fletsche first-person indicative present
- fletschst indicative present second-person
- fletschest second-person singular subjunctive
- fletschet plural second-person subjunctive
- fletschten first-person indicative plural
- fletschtest indicative preterite second-person
- fletschtet indicative plural preterite
- fletsch imperative second-person singular
- habe gefletscht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- fletsch! imperative singular
- fletsche! imperative singular
- fletscht! imperative plural
- gefletscht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fletschen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fletschen in German?
fletschen appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).