flehen

Meaning

to entreat, to beg

Synonyms

inständig bitten

Männchen machen

flehentlich bitten

Gebet halten

Gebet verrichten

Bitte richten

flehend um bitten

demütig bitten

etw. erbitten

jdn. beknien

bitteln und betteln

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfleːən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German vlēhen (also vlēgen, vlēn, etc.) from the coalescence of Old High German flēhan, flēhōn, flehōn, and flēgōn, from Proto-West Germanic *flaihijan, *flaihōn, *flaigōn (“to flatter”).

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