vlees

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Dutch

Alternative forms

  • vleesch (obsolete)
  • vleis (dialectal, Eastern Netherlands, North Holland)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vlêesch, from Old Dutch flēsc, from Proto-West Germanic *flaiski.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vleːs/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: vlees
  • Rhymes: -eːs

Noun

vlees n (plural vlezen, diminutive vleesje n)

  1. meat
  2. flesh

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: vleis
  • Negerhollands: vleesch, fleis, vleis
  • West Frisian: fleis