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vliegen

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvli.ɣə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: vlie‧gen
  • Rhymes: -iɣən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch vliegen, from Old Dutch fliegan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-.

Verb

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vliegen

  1. (intransitive) to fly
  2. (transitive) to steer an aircraft, to fly
  3. (intransitive) to soar, to rush
Conjugation
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Conjugation of vliegen (strong class 2a)
infinitive vliegen
past singular vloog
past participle gevlogen
infinitive vliegen
gerund vliegen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular vlieg vloog
2nd person sing. (jij) vliegt, vlieg2 vloog
2nd person sing. (u) vliegt vloog
2nd person sing. (gij) vliegt vloogt
3rd person singular vliegt vloog
plural vliegen vlogen
subjunctive sing.1 vliege vloge
subjunctive plur.1 vliegen vlogen
imperative sing. vlieg
imperative plur.1 vliegt
participles vliegend gevlogen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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adjective
Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: vlieg
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fligi
  • Jersey Dutch: vlîxe
  • Negerhollands: vlieg, flig

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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vliegen

  1. plural of vlieg

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch fliegan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą.

Verb

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vliegen

  1. to fly
  2. to soar
  3. to move quickly

Inflection

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Conjugation of vliegen (strong class 2)
infinitive base form vliegen
genitive vliegens
dative vliegene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular vliege vlôoch vliege vlōge
2nd person singular vliechs, vlieges vlōochs, vlōges vliechs, vlieges vlōges
3rd person singular vliecht, vlieget vlôoch vliege vlōge
1st person plural vliegen vlōgen vliegen vlōgen
2nd person plural vliecht, vlieget vlōocht, vlōget vliecht, vlieget vlōget
3rd person plural vliegen vlōgen vliegen vlōgen
imperative
singular vliech, vliege
plural vliecht, vlieget
present past
participle vliegende gevlōgen
  • Regionally, the 2nd and 3rd persons singular retained the older forms vluyges, vluyget (cf. Limburgish doe vluugs, hae vluug).

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Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German fliogan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈvlɪe̯ɡən/, /ˈflɪe̯ɡən/

Verb

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vliegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present vliuget, past tense vlouc, past participle gevlogen, past subjunctive vlüge, auxiliary sīn)

  1. to fly

Conjugation

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Descendants

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References

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “vliegen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel