vlot

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vlɔt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology 1

From earlier vlot (“flowing; fluent; fluid”), from the Middle Dutch phrases int vlot, ant vlot (“on water; floating”); see vlieten. Compare German flott (from Middle Dutch).

Adjective

vlot (comparative vlotter, superlative vlotst)

1. smooth, easy
2. quick, fast

Declension

Inflection of vlot
uninflected	vlot
inflected	vlotte
comparative	vlotter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		vlot	vlotter	het vlotst het vlotste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	vlotte	vlottere	vlotste
	n. sing.	vlot	vlotter	vlotste
	plural	vlotte	vlottere	vlotste
definite		vlotte	vlottere	vlotste
partitive		vlots	vlotters	—

Derived terms

• vlotheid
• vlotjes
• vlotweg

 

Related terms

• vlotten

 

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: flot

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch vlot, ultimately from a conflation of Proto-Germanic *flutą (“flow; stream”) and Proto-Germanic *flutô (“small boat”). Cognate with West Frisian flot (“raft”), German Low German Flott, Flött (“raft”), Old English flot (“sea”), Old English flota (“ship; vessel; fleet”), Old Norse flot (“that which floats; grease”), Icelandic floti (“fleet”). Also related to German Floß (“raft”), Old English flīete (“that which floats; boat; raft; cream”), Danish flåde (“raft”), Swedish flotte (“raft”).

Noun

vlot n (plural vlotten, diminutive vlotje n)

1. raft

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vlot

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