vlucht

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vlʏxt/ Hyphenation: vlucht Rhymes: -ʏxt === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch vlucht, from Old Dutch *fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti, derived from *fleugan (“to fly”), whence Dutch vliegen. ==== Noun ==== vlucht f (plural vluchten, diminutive vluchtje n) flight (the act of flying, an instance thereof) a flock, a swarm (of flying birds) een vlucht zwaluwen. ― A swarm of swallows. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: vlug === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch vlucht, from Old Dutch *fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti, derived from *fleuhan (“to flee”), whence Dutch vlieden. ==== Noun ==== vlucht f (plural vluchten, no diminutive) flight, escape ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: vlug === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== vlucht inflection of vluchten: first/second/third-person singular present indicative imperative == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti. === Noun === vlucht f or m flight, escape flight, act of flying speed swarm (of birds) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== vluchten ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: vluchtAfrikaans: vlug Limburgish: vlöch === Further reading === “vlucht”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vlucht”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN