flexen
German, verb/ˈflɛksn̩/
flexen is spelled F-L-E-X-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flexen is a German verb meaning “to cut with a Flex (angle grinder)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zum Zweck des Zerteilens mit einem über eine Trennscheibe verfügenden elektrischen Gerät bearbeiten”.
What does flexen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cut with a Flex (angle grinder)
- 2
slangto grind (to work hard)
verb
- 1
slangto flex (to flaunt one's superiority)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zum Zweck des Zerteilens mit einem über eine Trennscheibe verfügenden elektrischen Gerät bearbeiten
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 flexen
- flext present singular third-person
- flexte past
- geflext participle past
- haben auxiliary
- flexend participle present
- flexe first-person indicative present
- flexest second-person singular subjunctive
- flexet plural second-person subjunctive
- flexten first-person indicative plural
- flextest indicative preterite second-person
- flextet indicative plural preterite
- flex imperative second-person singular
- habe geflext first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geflext first-person indicative multiword-construction
- flex! imperative singular
- flexe! imperative singular
- flext! imperative plural
- geflext haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flexen?
- /ˈflɛksn̩/
- [ˈflɛksn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is flexen in German?
flexen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).