vlek

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vleck, vlecke (also vlacke), from Old Dutch flec (attested as a byname) and *flekko, from Proto-Germanic *flekka- (“spot, mark, blemish”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂g-, *pleh₂k- (“to beat, strike”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vlɛk/
vlek (file)
Hyphenation: vlek
Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

vlek f or m (plural vlekken, diminutive vlekje n)

spot, stain, speck
Synonym: smet

Derived terms

Noun

vlek n (plural vlekken, diminutive vlekje n)

(obsolete) area, region
hamlet
(obsolete) town, large village
Synonym: dorp

Derived terms

bevlekken

References

Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “vlek”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

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