flateren
Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic. The sense to blunder was back-formed from flater, itself derives from flateren in the older sense.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]flateren
- (intransitive) to blabber, to ramble, to chit-chat
- (intransitive) to blunder, to commit an embarrassing error
- Synonym: blunderen
Conjugation
[edit]| 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, flater2 | 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. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||