verklickern

Meaning

to explain, to clarify

Frequency

45k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛɐ̯ˈklɪkɐn/
Etymology

In summary

Verklicker (“fly on the top of a ship showing wind direction”) + -n, from Low German. A similar notion is found in zeigen / wissen woher der Wind weht.

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