vliegen

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

vliegen

  1. (intransitive) to fly
  2. (transitive) to steer an aircraft, to fly
  3. (intransitive) to soar, to rush
Inflection[edit]
Inflection 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 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.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: vlieg
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fligi
  • Jersey Dutch: vlîxe
  • Negerhollands: vlieg, flig

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

vliegen

  1. plural of vlieg

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

vliegen

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

Inflection[edit]

Strong class 2
Infinitive vliegen
3rd sg. past vlôoch
3rd pl. past vlōgen
Past participle gevlōgen
Infinitive vliegen
In genitive vliegens
In dative vliegene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular vliege vlôoch
2nd singular vliechs, vlieges vlōochs, vlōges
3rd singular vliecht, vlieget vlôoch
1st plural vliegen vlōgen
2nd plural vliecht, vlieget vlōocht, vlōget
3rd plural vliegen vlōgen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular vliege vlōge
2nd singular vliechs, vlieges vlōges
3rd singular vliege vlōge
1st plural vliegen vlōgen
2nd plural vliecht, vlieget vlōget
3rd plural vliegen vlōgen
Imperative Present
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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈvliə̯ɡən/, /ˈfl-/

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to fly

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “vliegen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke[1], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel