See flink in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Rhymes:Dutch/ɪŋk/1 syllable"
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"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gml",
"3": "flink",
"4": "",
"5": "quick, gleaming"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Middle Low German flink (“quick, gleaming”)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*flakurōną",
"t": "to flutter, beat repeatedly"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flakurōną (“to flutter, beat repeatedly”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "vlinken",
"pos": "verb"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch vlinken (verb)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle Low German flink (“quick, gleaming”). Perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *flakurōną (“to flutter, beat repeatedly”). Compare also Middle Dutch vlinken (verb).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "flinken",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "flinkje",
"tags": [
"diminutive",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m,f",
"2": "-en",
"3": "+"
},
"expansion": "flink m or f (plural flinken, diminutive flinkje n)",
"name": "nl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Dutch terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A sturdy or stalwart person."
],
"links": [
[
"sturdy",
"sturdy"
],
[
"stalwart",
"stalwart"
],
[
"person",
"person"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A sturdy or stalwart person."
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/flɪŋk/"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-flink.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/Nl-flink.ogg/Nl-flink.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Nl-flink.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋk"
}
],
"word": "flink"
}
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