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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Federlesen. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2561295An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F — FederlesenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ Federlesen, neuter, literally ‘picking of the feather from a person's dress’ as a mark of servile flattery; found even in Middle High German —

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