Noun: vlag
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like vlag
boogbrug,
bergrug,
sneeuwmug,
aanvalsvlag,
topoverleg,
doodskopvlag,
persoonsdag,
open rug,
bultrug,
luchtbrug,
spoorbrug,
regenboogvlag,
scheepslog,
peppelvlag,
ophaalbrug,
zilverrug,
vakwerkbrug,
fietsbrug,
leeuwenvlag,
heuvelrug, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology ultimately uncertain; of undetermined Germanic origin. Perhaps ultimately imitative, or otherwise drawn from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”), referring to the shape.
2. Related to early Middle English flage (“name for a baby's garment”) and Old English flagg, flacg (“cataplasm, poultice, plaster”). Related to West Frisian flagge (“flag”), English flag (“flag”), Danish flag, Norwegian Bokmål flagg, Icelandic flagg, Faroese flagg, German Flagge, and Swedish flagga. Compare Old English flacor (“fluttering, flying”). See: Middle English Nouns '
flage', English Nouns '
flag', Danish Nouns '
flag', Norwegian Bokmål Nouns '
flagg', Icelandic Nouns '
flagg', Faroese Nouns '
flagg', German Nouns '
Flagge', Swedish Nouns '
flagga', Old English Nouns '
flacor'.
Verbs referencing "vlag"
German Nouns
Flagge, Russian Nouns
флаг.
Translations