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Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch vlieg.
Noun
vlieg (plural vlieë, diminutive vliegie)
- fly
Etymology 2
From Dutch vliegen.
Verb
vlieg (present vlieg, present participle vlieënde, past participle gevlieg)
- to fly
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vlix/
- Hyphenation: vlieg
- Rhymes: -ix
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch vliege.
Noun
vlieg f (plural vliegen, diminutive vliegje n)
- a fly
- Lief klein konijntje had een vliegje op zijn neus / en het zoemde heen en weer. (Henkie – Lief Klein Konijntje)
- Sweet little bunny had a little fly on its nose / and it buzzed to and fro.
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vlieg
- inflection of vliegen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative