flateren

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (to blabber): flatteren (dated)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. The sense to blunder was back-formed from flater, itself derives from flateren in the older sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflaː.tə.rə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: fla‧te‧ren
• Rhymes: -aːtərən

Verb

flateren

1. (intransitive) to blabber, to ramble, to chit-chat
2. (intransitive) to blunder, to commit an embarrassing error

   Synonym: blunderen

Inflection

Conjugation of flateren (weak)
infinitive	flateren
past singular	flaterde
past participle	geflaterd
infinitive	flateren
gerund	flateren n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	flater	flaterde
2nd person sing. (jij)	flatert	flaterde
2nd person sing. (u)	flatert	flaterde
2nd person sing. (gij)	flatert	flaterde
3rd person singular	flatert	flaterde
plural	flateren	flaterden
subjunctive sing.1	flatere	flaterde
subjunctive plur.1	flateren	flaterden
imperative sing.	flater
imperative plur.1	flatert
participles	flaterend	geflaterd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• flater