vlees

• vleesch (obsolete)
• vleis (dialectal, Eastern Netherlands, North Holland)

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

• IPA^(key): /vleːs/

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• Hyphenation: vlees
• Rhymes: -eːs

vlees n (plural vlezen, diminutive vleesje n)

1. meat
2. flesh

• Afrikaans: vleis
• Negerhollands: vleesch, fleis, vleis
• → West Frisian: fleis