BEOLINGUS
Dictionary - TU Chemnitz

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flattern {vi} (mit den Flügeln schlagen) [ornith.] to flap; to flutter (move its wings) [listen]

flatternd flapping; fluttering

geflattert flapped; fluttered

flattert flaps; flutters

flatterte flapped; fluttered

davonflattern to flap away

jdn./etw. flatternd umfliegen; umflattern; umgaukeln [poet.] [zool.] to flutter around sb./sth.

langsam über das Wasser flattern to flap slowly across the water

flattern {vi} [zool.] to flit

flatternd flitting

geflattert flitted

flattert flits

flatterte flitted

Der Schmetterling flatterte von Blüte zu Blüte. The butterfly flitted from flower to flower.