vlegel

Dutch

vlegel, a threshing flail

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eːɣəl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vlegel, vleil, from Old Dutch *flegil, from Latin flagellum (“whipping flail”).

Noun

vlegel m (plural vlegels, diminutive vlegeltje n)

A flail, whipping implement; also in figurative sense
A flail, threshing tool (or by extension equivalent machinery)
(derogatory) A rogue, imp, rascal, scamp

Synonyms

(whipping flail) gesel
(rogue) rekel m, schelm m, vlegelsman m

Derived terms

(by flail type/use; all m) boekweitvlegel, boerenvlegel, dorsvlegel (obsolete spelling dorschvlegel), kettervlegel, kindervlegel, lettervlegel, menschenvlegel, tapijtvlegel, tirannenvlegel, tooneelvlegel, vangvlegel, wasvlegel (obsolete spelling waschvlegel)
vlegelachtig (adjective)
vlegelarij, vlegelachtigheid
vlegelen (verb)
vlegelband
vlegeldorsen, (obsolete spelling) vlegeldorschen (verb)
vlegeldorser, (obsolete spelling) vlegeldorscher m
vlegeldraaier m
vlegelgaard m, vlegelgeer m, vlegelgeerd m
vlegelgedruis, (obsolete spelling) vlegelgedruisch m
vlegelgewricht n
vlegelhout n
vlegeljaren pl
vlegelkap
vlegelklap
vlegelklop
vlegelknuppel m
vlegellade
vlegelmost
vlegelperiode
vlegelslag
vlegelstaf
vlegelsteel
vlegelstok
vlegelstro n, (obsolete spelling) vlegelstroo n
vlegeltank

Noun

vlegel m (plural vlegels, diminutive vlegeltje n)

Alternative form of vleugel

Verb

vlegel

first-person singular present indicative of vlegelen
imperative of vlegelen

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