vleien

• IPA^(key): /ˈvlɛi̯.ə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: vlei‧en
• Homophone: vlijen
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯ən

From Middle Dutch vleien, from Old Dutch *fleien, from Proto-West Germanic *flaihijan.

vleien

1. (ambitransitive) to flatter, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle (praise excessively and disingenuously)

   Synonym: flemen

2. (transitive) to convince, talk into, talk over
3. (transitive) to entice, lure, seduce
4. (transitive, reflexive) to fondle, pet, stroke
5. (transitive, reflexive) to flatter (present disingenuously)

vleien

1. plural of vlei

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vleien

1. (transitive) to fling, throw a pebble etc. over water so as to make it bounce

• keilen

• vleier m (object which is thus flung)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• vlijen

vleien

1. (intransitive) to form a membrane
2. (intransitive) to be covered by one

vleien

1. archaic form of vlijen
2. misspelling of vlijen

• lieven, veilen, vielen