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vlucht

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch vlucht, from Old Dutch *fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti, derived from *fleugan (to fly), whence Dutch vliegen.

Noun

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vlucht f (plural vluchten, diminutive vluchtje n)

  1. flight (the act of flying, an instance thereof)
  2. a flock, a swarm (of flying birds)
    een vlucht zwaluwen.A swarm of swallows.
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  • Afrikaans: vlug

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch vlucht, from Old Dutch *fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti, derived from *fleuhan (to flee), whence Dutch vlieden.

Noun

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vlucht f (plural vluchten)

  1. flight, escape
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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vlucht

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

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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

Noun

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vlucht f or m

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

Inflection

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