Fleeg in Low German

Forms: Flegen [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Middle Low German vlêge, from Old Saxon fliega, flioga, from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ. More at fly. Etymology templates: {{inh|nds|gml|vlêge}} Middle Low German vlêge, {{inh|nds|osx|fliega}} Old Saxon fliega, {{inh|nds|gem-pro|*fleugǭ}} Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ Head templates: {{nds-noun|f|Flegen}} Fleeg f (plural Flegen), {{tlb|nds|GLG}} (German Low German)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "vlêge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German vlêge",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "fliega"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon fliega",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fleugǭ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German vlêge, from Old Saxon fliega, flioga, from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ. More at fly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Flegen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "Flegen"
      },
      "expansion": "Fleeg f (plural Flegen)",
      "name": "nds-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "GLG"
      },
      "expansion": "(German Low German)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Low German",
  "lang_code": "nds",
  "pos": "noun",
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        },
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fly (insect)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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          "fly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Mügg"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fleeg"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "vlêge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German vlêge",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "fliega"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon fliega",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fleugǭ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German vlêge, from Old Saxon fliega, flioga, from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ. More at fly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Flegen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "Flegen"
      },
      "expansion": "Fleeg f (plural Flegen)",
      "name": "nds-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "GLG"
      },
      "expansion": "(German Low German)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Low German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Low German feminine nouns",
        "Low German lemmas",
        "Low German nouns",
        "Low German terms derived from Middle Low German",
        "Low German terms derived from Old Saxon",
        "Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German",
        "Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon",
        "Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fly (insect)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fly",
          "fly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Mügg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fleeg"
}

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"Fleeg" meaning in Low German

Noun

Inflected forms