# die Flechte

die Flechte is a German noun meaning “braid”. Forms: der Flechte, die Flechten.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Flechte
- Plural: die Flechten

## In other languages

- Русский: биол. лишайник

## Meanings

1. _archaic · formal_ braid, plait, tress
   - [D]ie Flechten, jeden Beiwerks bar, auf die Schultern fielen und den vollen Hals unrahmten. — Her tresses, free of all adornments, fell over her shoulders and framed her full neck.
2. lichen
3. eczema

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