vlechten
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvlɛx.tə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: vlech‧ten
- Rhymes: -ɛxtən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch vlechten, from Old Dutch *flehtan, from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną.
Verb
vlechten
- (transitive, intransitive) to braid
Conjugation
| Conjugation of vlechten (strong class 3b) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vlechten | |||
| past singular | vlocht | |||
| past participle | gevlochten | |||
| infinitive | vlechten | |||
| gerund | vlechten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | vlecht | vlocht | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | vlecht | vlocht | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | vlecht | vlocht | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | vlecht | vlocht | ||
| 3rd person singular | vlecht | vlocht | ||
| plural | vlechten | vlochten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | vlechte | vlochte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | vlechten | vlochten | ||
| imperative sing. | vlecht | |||
| imperative plur.1 | vlecht | |||
| participles | vlechtend | gevlochten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- aaneenvlechten
- aanvlechten
- afvlechten
- bevlechten
- dooreenvlechten
- doorvlechten
- gevlechten
- hervlechten
- ineenvlechten
- invlechten
- losvlechten
- navlechten
- omvlechten
- ondereenvlechten
- ontvlechten
- opvlechten
- overvlechten
- rondvlechten
- samenvlechten
- toevlechten
- vastvlechten
- vervlechten
- vlechtwerk
- volvlechten
- voortvlechten
Descendants
- Afrikaans: vleg
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
vlechten
- plural of vlecht
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *flehtan, from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną.
Verb
vlechten
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | vlechten | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | vlechtens | ||||||
| dative | vlechtene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | vlechte | vlacht | vlechte | vlochte | |||
| 2nd person singular | vlechts, vlechtes | vlochts, vlochtes | vlechts, vlechtes | vlochtes | |||
| 3rd person singular | vlecht, vlechtet | vlacht | vlechte | vlochte | |||
| 1st person plural | vlechten | vlochten | vlechten | vlochten | |||
| 2nd person plural | vlecht, vlechtet | vlocht, vlochtet | vlecht, vlechtet | vlochtet | |||
| 3rd person plural | vlechten | vlochten | vlechten | vlochten | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | vlecht, vlechte | ||||||
| plural | vlecht, vlechtet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | vlechtende | gevlochten | |||||
Descendants
- Dutch: vlechten
- Limburgish: vlèchte
Further reading
- “vlechten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vlechten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN