vlot

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vlɔt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology 1

From earlier vlot (“flowing; fluent; fluid”), from the Middle Dutch phrases int vlot, ant vlot (“on water; floating”); see vlieten. Compare German flott (from Middle Dutch).

Adjective

vlot (comparative vlotter, superlative vlotst)

  1. smooth, easy
  2. quick, fast
Declension
Inflection of vlot
uninflected vlot
inflected vlotte
comparative vlotter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vlot vlotter het vlotst
het vlotste
indefinite m./f. sing. vlotte vlottere vlotste
n. sing. vlot vlotter vlotste
plural vlotte vlottere vlotste
definite vlotte vlottere vlotste
partitive vlots vlotters —
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Caribbean Javanese: flot

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch vlot, ultimately from a conflation of Proto-Germanic *flutą (“flow; stream”) and Proto-Germanic *flutô (“small boat”). Cognate with West Frisian flot (“raft”), German Low German Flott, Flött (“raft”), Old English flot (“sea”), Old English flota (“ship; vessel; fleet”), Old Norse flot (“that which floats; grease”), Icelandic floti (“fleet”). Also related to German Floß (“raft”), Old English flīete (“that which floats; boat; raft; cream”), Danish flåde (“raft”), Swedish flotte (“raft”).

Noun

vlot n (plural vlotten, diminutive vlotje n)

  1. raft

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vlot

  1. inflection of vlotten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative
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