vlegel

Dutch

vlegel, a threshing flail

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvleː.ɣəl/
  • Hyphenation: vle‧gel
  • Rhymes: -eːɣəl

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • (by flail type/use; all m) boekweitvlegel, boerenvlegel, dorsvlegel, kettervlegel, kindervlegel, lettervlegel, menschenvlegel, tapijtvlegel, tirannenvlegel, tooneelvlegel, vangvlegel, wasvlegel (obsolete spelling waschvlegel)
  • vlegelachtig
  • vlegelarij, vlegelachtigheid
  • vlegelen
  • vlegelband
  • vlegeldorsen, (obsolete spelling) vlegeldorschen
  • vlegeldorser, (obsolete spelling) vlegeldorscher
  • vlegeldraaier
  • vlegelgaard, vlegelgeer, vlegelgeerd
  • vlegelgedruis, (obsolete spelling) vlegelgedruisch
  • vlegelgewricht
  • vlegelhout
  • vlegeljaren
  • vlegelkap
  • vlegelklap
  • vlegelklop
  • vlegelknuppel
  • vlegellade
  • vlegelmost
  • vlegelperiode
  • vlegelslag
  • vlegelstaf
  • vlegelsteel
  • vlegelstok
  • vlegelstro, (obsolete spelling) vlegelstroo
  • vlegeltank
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: vleël

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vlegel m (plural vlegels, diminutive vlegeltje n)

  1. Alternative form of vleugel

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vlegel

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