vlucht

Dutch

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

vlucht f (plural vluchten, diminutive vluchtje n)

  1. flight
  2. swarm (of birds)
    Een vlucht zwaluwen. - A swarm of swallows.
  3. escape, flight
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vlucht

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of vluchten
  2. imperative of vluchten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *fluht, from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiz.

Noun

vlucht f or m

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Dutch: vlucht
  • Limburgish: vlöch

Further reading
  • “vlucht”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “vlucht”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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