Flexion
German, noun/flɛkˈsjoːn/
Flexion is spelled F-L-E-X-I-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flexion is a German feminine noun meaning “inflection (process by which words change their grammatical forms)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Beugung eines Verbs (Konjugation) oder Adjektivs, Artikels, Pronomens oder Substantivs (Deklination) sowie…”.
What does Flexion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinflection (process by which words change their grammatical forms)
- 2
feminineflexion
- 3
feminineflexure fold
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Beugung eines Verbs (Konjugation) oder Adjektivs, Artikels, Pronomens oder Substantivs (Deklination) sowie Steigerung/Komparation der Adjektive und einiger Adverbien 2. Bewegung, welche den Winkel zwischen zwei Knochen eines Gelenks verringert
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 Flexion
- Flexionen plural
- Flektion alternative uncommon
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Flexion?
- /flɛkˈsjoːn/
- [flɛˈksi̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Flexion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Flexion in German?
Flexion 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).