vlegel

Dutch

vlegel, a threshing flail

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːɣəl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vlegel, vleil, from Old Dutch *flegil, from Latin flagellum (“whipping flail”).

Noun

vlegel m (plural vlegels, diminutive vlegeltje n)

1. A flail, whipping implement; also in figurative sense
2. A flail, threshing tool (or by extension equivalent machinery)
3. (derogatory) A rogue, imp, rascal, scamp

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

Noun

vlegel m (plural vlegels, diminutive vlegeltje n)

1. Alternative form of vleugel

Etymology 3

Verb

vlegel

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of vlegelen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of vlegelen