Dutch edit

 
vlegel, a threshing flail

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch vlegel, vleil, from Old Dutch *flegil, from Proto-West Germanic *flagil, likely from Latin flagellum (whipping flail).

Noun edit

vlegel m (plural vlegels, diminutive vlegeltje n)

  1. A flail, threshing tool (or by extension equivalent machinery).
  2. A flail, a weapon with a weight on a chain.
  3. A flail, whipping implement; also in figurative sense.
  4. (derogatory) A rogue, imp, rascal, scamp.
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Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: vleël

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

vlegel m (plural vlegels, diminutive vlegeltje n)

  1. Alternative form of vleugel

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

vlegel

  1. inflection of vlegelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative