Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: The club 's name springs from the German word FlÃ 1\/4 gel , meaning wing or wings ( `` FlÃ 1\/4 gels '' is an anglicised plural , where the original German word has only one form which can both represent singular and plural ) .
Simplified: Yokohama FlÃ 1\/4 gels is a former football club which has played in Japan .