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die Flasche

noun · /ˈflaʃə/ ·
Etymology

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.

Translation

  1. bottle; flask; flagon feminine

    Wir hätten gern eine Flasche von dem Chardonnay und eine Flasche stilles Wasser dazu.

    We’d like a bottle of your chardonnay and a bottle of still water with it.

  2. loser; wimp; someone lacking skill or vigour feminine, informal

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Flasche Flaschen
Accusative Flasche Flaschen
Dative Flasche Flaschen
Genitive Flasche Flaschen