vleesch

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vleːs/

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• Hyphenation: vleesch
• Rhymes: -eːs

Noun

vleesch n (uncountable)

1. Obsolete spelling of vlees.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch flēsc, from Proto-West Germanic *flaiski.

Noun

vlêesch n

1. meat
2. flesh
3. body

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• vleisch

Descendants

• Dutch: vlees, vleesch (obsolete), vleis (dialectal, Eastern Netherlands, North Holland)
  • Afrikaans: vleis
  • Negerhollands: vleesch, fleis, vleis
  • → West Frisian: fleis
• Limburgish: vleisj

Further reading

• “vleesc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vleesch”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN