vlegel

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Dutch

vlegel, a threshing flail

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vlegel, vleil, from Old Dutch *flegil, from Proto-West Germanic *flagil, likely from Latin flagellum (“whipping flail”).

Noun

vlegel m (plural vlegels, diminutive vlegeltje n)

  1. a flail, threshing tool (or by extension equivalent machinery)
  2. a flail, a weapon with a weight on a chain
  3. a flail, whipping implement; also in figurative sense
  4. (derogatory) a rogue, imp, rascal, scamp
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  • Afrikaans: vleël

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vlegel m (plural vlegels, diminutive vlegeltje n)

  1. Alternative form of vleugel

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vlegel

  1. inflection of vlegelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative
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