Flemish

See also: flemish

Contents

English

Etymology

From Middle English flemmysshe, from Old Frisian flemsche, from Middle Dutch vlāmisch, vlemesch (modern Dutch Vlaams), from Old Frisian flamsk (“Fleming”) (compare West Frisian Flaamsk), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) and *-iskaz. More at Flanders.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛmɪʃ/

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Adjective

Flemish (comparative more Flemish, superlative most Flemish)

1. Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.
2. Of or relating to the Belgian standard variety of the Dutch language.
3. Of or relating to West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Flemish accounts
• Flemish beauty

• Flemish bond
• Flemish brick

• Flemish coil
• Flemish eye

• Flemish horse
• Flemishness

Translations

of or relating to Flanders

• Armenian: ֆլամանդական (hy) (flamandakan)
• Asturian: flamencu
• Catalan: flamenc
• Czech: vlámský
• Danish: flamsk (da)
• Dutch: Vlaams (nl)
• Faroese: flamskur
• Finnish: flaamilainen (fi)
• French: flamand (fr)
• Galician: flamengo (gl)
• Georgian: ფლამანდიური (plamandiuri)
• German: flämisch
• Hungarian: flamand (hu)
• Icelandic: flæmskur
• Irish: Pléimeannach
• Italian: fiammingo

• Manx: Flandrynagh
• Marathi: फ्लेमिश (flemiśa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flamsk

  Nynorsk: flamsk

• Old Norse: flæmskr
• Persian: فلامان‎‎ (flâmân), فلمنک‎‎ (flamank)
• Polish: flamandzki (pl)
• Portuguese: flamengo (pt)
• Romanian: flamand (ro)
• Russian: флама́ндский (ru) (flamándskij), фла́ндрский (flándrskij)
• Spanish: flamenco (es)
• Swedish: flamländsk (sv)
• Volapük: Flanänik
• Walloon: flamind (wa)

of or relating to the Flemish variety of the Dutch language

• Catalan: flamenc
• Danish: flamsk (da)
• Dutch: Vlaams (nl)
• Faroese: flamskt (fo)
• Finnish: flaamilainen (fi)
• French: flamand (fr)
• Georgian: ფლამანდიური (plamandiuri)
• German: flämisch
• Irish: Pléimeannaise

• Italian: fiammingo m
• Marathi: फ्लेमिश (flemiśa)
• Polish: flamandzki (pl)
• Portuguese: flamengo (pt)
• Romanian: flamand (ro)
• Russian: флама́ндский (ru) (flamándskij)
• Spanish: flamenco (es)
• Swedish: flamländsk (sv)
• Walloon: flamind (wa)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} flamî (ku), ^{(please verify)} flemanî

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} flandricus

Proper noun

Flemish

1. Standard Dutch as it is spoken in Flanders.
2. West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.

Translations

the Dutch language as it is spoken in Flanders

• Asturian: flamencu m
• Catalan: flamenc m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 佛蘭芒語 (zh), 佛兰芒语 (zh) (Fólánmángyŭ), 弗拉茫 (Fúlāmáng), 佛蘭芒, 佛兰芒 (Fólánmáng)

• Czech: vlámština f
• Danish: flamsk (da)
• Dutch: Vlaams (nl) n
• Faroese: flamskt (fo) n
• Finnish: flaami (fi)
• French: flamand (fr) m
• Galician: flamengo (gl) m
• Georgian: ფლამანდიური (plamandiuri)
• German: Flämisch (de) n
• Hungarian: flamand (hu)
• Icelandic: flæmska (is) f
• Irish: Pléimeannais f
• Italian: fiammingo m
• Japanese: フラマン語 (ja) (furamango)

• Korean: 플랑드르의 (peullangdeuleuui)
• Kurdish: flamî (ku) f
• Malay: bahasa Belanda Belgium, bahasa Flemish
• Manx: Flandrynish f
• Marathi: फ्लेमिश (flemiśa)
• Mongolian: Фламандын (Flamandyn)
• Nepali: फ्लेमिश (Phlēmiśa)
• Old Norse: flæmska f
• Polish: flamandzki (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: flamengo (pt) m
• Romanian: flamandă (ro) f
• Russian: флама́ндский (ru) m (flamándskij), фла́ндрский m (flándrskij)
• Spanish: flamenco (es) m
• Swedish: flamländska (sv)
• Turkish: flamandaca
• Uzbek: flamancha
• Walloon: flamind (wa) m

Related terms

• Flanders
• Fleming

See also

• Netherlandish

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code vls (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Dutch, nld
• Ethnologue entry for Flemish, vls

Anagrams

• Himself, himself, mehfils