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Flechse
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German
Alternative forms
de Flachse Austria Bavaria
Etymology
16th century, of de 1 origin. Widely assumed to be from an underlying de *Flechtsehne wattle-sinew, braid-sinew, from de flechten + de Sehne; but this is neither attested nor entirely clear semantically. Derivation from la flexus bent, bending is usually dismissed, though it should be noted that the earliest attestation of 1564 is spelt with de -x-.
Pronunciation
de /ˈflɛksə/
de De-Flechse.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
de now rare or regional sinew, especially of an animal
de Sehne
Declension
f
Further reading
DWB2
de Anatomy