flunkern
German, verb
flunkern is spelled F-L-U-N-K-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flunkern is a German verb meaning “to tell harmless lies, to brag in an exaggerating way, to fib” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Flunkern is a different word: “gerund of flunkern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht ganz bei der Wahrheit bleiben”.
What does flunkern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tell harmless lies, to brag in an exaggerating way, to fib
noun
- 1
neutergerund of flunkern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nicht ganz bei der Wahrheit bleiben 2. kurz und schnell aufleuchten 3. ein oder beide Augen für einen kleinen Moment schließen
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 flunkern
- flunkert present singular third-person
- flunkerte past
- geflunkert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- flunkernd participle present
- flunkre first-person indicative present
- flunkere first-person indicative present
- flunker first-person indicative present
- flunkerst indicative present second-person
- flunkerest second-person singular subjunctive
- flunkrest second-person singular subjunctive
- flunkeret plural second-person subjunctive
- flunkret plural second-person subjunctive
- flunkerten first-person indicative plural
- flunkertest indicative preterite second-person
- flunkertet indicative plural preterite
- flunker! imperative singular
- flunkere! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to flunkern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flunkern in German?
flunkern appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).