vleesch

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vleːs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: vleesch
  • Rhymes: -eːs

Noun

vleesch n (uncountable)

  1. obsolete spelling of vlees

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch flēsc, from Proto-West Germanic *flaiski.

Noun

vlêesch n

  1. meat
  2. flesh
  3. body

Inflection

Strong neuter noun
singular plural
nominative vlêesch vlêesch, vlêesche
accusative vlêesch vlêesch, vlêesche
genitive vlêeschs vlêesche
dative vlêesche vlêeschen


Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: vlees, vleesch (obsolete), vleis (dialectal, Eastern Netherlands, North Holland)
    • Afrikaans: vleis
    • Negerhollands: vleesch, fleis, vleis
    • → West Frisian: fleis
  • Limburgish: vleisj

Further reading

  • “vleesc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vleesch”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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