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

• (whipping flail) gesel
• (rogue) rekel, schelm, vlegelsman

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