vlug
Afrikaans
Etymology 1
Adjective
vlug (attributive vlugge, comparative vlugger, superlative vlugste)
- quick; swift
- (of movement) brisk; expeditious
- (of cognitive ability) sharp; quick-witted
Adverb
vlug
Etymology 2
From Dutch vlucht, from Old Dutch *fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti.
Noun
vlug (plural vlugte, diminutive vluggie)
- flight; the journey of an aircraft
- Ek het die vlug na Parys verpas.
- I missed the flight to Paris.
- flight; escape; the act of fleeing
- Die rowers was kort na hulle vlug uit Pretoria betrap.
- The robbers were caught shortly after their escape from Pretoria.
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
vlug (present vlug, present participle vlugtende, past participle gevlug)
Synonyms
- (to escape): ontsnap
- (to flee): weghardloop
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *awa-luga, a prefixal derivative of Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”). Cognate to Greek λυγίζω (lygízo), Old Norse lykna (“to bend knees”), Lithuanian lùgnas (“flexible”).[1]
Noun
vlug m (plural vlugje, definite vlugu, definite plural vlugjet)
Declension
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vlug”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 512
Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *flugjaz, related to *fleuganą (“to fly”), whence Dutch vliegen. Cognate with Low German vlügge, German flügge (“full-fledged”). Compare also German flugs (“quickly”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
vlug (comparative vlugger, superlative vlugst)
Inflection
Declension of vlug | ||||
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uninflected | vlug | |||
inflected | vlugge | |||
comparative | vlugger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | vlug | vlugger | het vlugst het vlugste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | vlugge | vluggere | vlugste |
n. sing. | vlug | vlugger | vlugste | |
plural | vlugge | vluggere | vlugste | |
definite | vlugge | vluggere | vlugste | |
partitive | vlugs | vluggers | — |
Derived terms
- vliegensvlug (“very quick”)
- vliegvlug (“full-fledged”)
- vlugheid (“speed, quickness”)
Descendants
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans adjectives
- Afrikaans adverbs
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Afrikaans nouns
- Afrikaans terms with usage examples
- Afrikaans verbs
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian masculine nouns
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ʏx
- Rhymes:Dutch/ʏx/1 syllable
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch adjectives