vlucht

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vlʏxt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: vlucht
  • Rhymes: -ʏxt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vlucht, from Old Dutch *fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti.

Noun

vlucht f (plural vluchten, diminutive vluchtje n)

  1. flight, act of route of flying
  2. a flock, a swarm (of flying birds)
    Een vlucht zwaluwen. - A swarm of swallows.
  3. escape, flight.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: vlug

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vlucht

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti.

Noun

vlucht f or m

  1. flight, escape
  2. flight, act of flying
  3. speed
  4. swarm (of birds)

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants

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