Vocabulary
flicken
· verb
to mend, to patch (clothes, a tyre, a net)
Mending something that is torn or has a hole — jeans, a jumper, a bike tyre with a puncture: „einen Reifen flicken“.
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Conjugation
- ich
- flicke
- du
- flickst
- er/sie/es
- flickt
- wir
- flicken
- ihr
- flickt
- sie/Sie
- flicken
Perfekt hat geflicktPräteritum flickte
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Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
flicken
to mend, to patch (clothes, a tyre, a net)
Der Mantel war immer wieder geflickt worden.
The coat had been mended again and again.
Word family
flickender Flickenpatch (of fabric)das Flickzeugpuncture repair kitzusammenflickento patch together
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
ausbessernreparieren
Real examples
- Der Mantel war immer wieder geflickt worden.The coat had been mended again and again.
- Kannst du mir zeigen, wie man einen Fahrradreifen flickt?Can you show me how to patch a bike tyre?
