🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Errötet

Pronunciation / Transliteration: er-roe-tet

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Flushed/flʌʃt/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Nach dem Laufen war ihr Gesicht errötet."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having a rosy or red color, especially in the face.

    "After running up the hill, she had a flushed face."
As verb
  1. 1

    Past tense of flush; to cause to flow or to wash out.

    "He flushed the toilet after use."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'flushed' originates from the Middle English 'flushe', which is derived from the Old French 'fluscher', meaning to flow or to rush. Its usage evolved from describing the action of flowing or rushing to denote a reddening of the face due to emotion or heat.

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