Feminine

Flasche

Meaning

  1. (feminine) bottle; flask; flagon
  2. (feminine, informal) loser; wimp; someone lacking skill or vigour

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

guttere

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

budällie

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

fläsche

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

guttere

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kolbe

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schleegel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wäntele

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

gùttara

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

schlööntara

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈflaʃə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German flasche, from Old High German flasca (“bottle”), from Proto-West Germanic *flaskā, from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle”), from *flehtaną (“to plait, braid”), from the practice of plaiting or wrapping bottles in straw casing. Cognate to English flask. Doublet of Fiasko and Flakon.

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