vlek

Deverbal from vléct.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvlɛk]

vlek m inan

1. alternative form of vlečení
2. trailer (unpowered vehicle)

   Synonym: přívěs

3. ski tow

• “vlek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vlek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Middle Dutch vleck, vlecke (also vlacke), from Old Dutch flec (attested as a byname) and *flekko, from Proto-West Germanic *flekkō, from Proto-Germanic *flekka- (“spot, mark, blemish”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂g-, *pleh₂k- (“to beat, strike”).

• IPA^(key): /vlɛk/

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• Hyphenation: vlek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

vlek f or m (plural vlekken, diminutive vlekje n)

1. spot, stain, speck

   Synonym: smet

• → Sranan Tongo: flaka, fraka
  • → Caribbean Javanese: flakah, flèg

vlek n (plural vlekken, diminutive vlekje n)

1. (obsolete) area, region
2. hamlet
3. (obsolete) town, large village

   Synonym: dorp

• bevlekken

• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “vlek”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001