vlees

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === vleesch (obsolete) vleis (dialectal, Eastern Netherlands, North Holland) === Etymology === From Middle Dutch vlêesch, from Old Dutch flēsc, from Proto-West Germanic *flaiski. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vleːs/ Hyphenation: vlees Rhymes: -eːs === Noun === vlees n (plural vlezen, diminutive vleesje n) meat flesh ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: vleis Negerhollands: vleesch, fleis, vleis → West Frisian: fleis