vlot

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vlɔt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology 1

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From earlier vlot (flowing; fluent; fluid), from the Middle Dutch phrases int vlot, ant vlot (on water; floating); see vlieten. Compare German flott (from Middle Dutch).

Adjective

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vlot (comparative vlotter, superlative vlotst)

  1. smooth, easy
  2. quick, fast
Declension
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Declension of vlot
uninflected vlot
inflected vlotte
comparative vlotter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vlot vlotter het vlotst
het vlotste
indefinite m./f. sing. vlotte vlottere vlotste
n. sing. vlot vlotter vlotste
plural vlotte vlottere vlotste
definite vlotte vlottere vlotste
partitive vlots vlotters
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Caribbean Javanese: flot

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch vlot, ultimately from a conflation of Proto-Germanic *flutą (flow; stream) and Proto-Germanic *flutô (small boat). Cognate with West Frisian flot (raft), German Low German Flott, Flött (raft), Old English flot (sea), Old English flota (ship; vessel; fleet), Old Norse flot (that which floats; grease), Icelandic floti (fleet). Also related to German Floß (raft), Old English flīete (that which floats; boat; raft; cream), Danish flåde (raft), Swedish flotte (raft).

Noun

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vlot n (plural vlotten, diminutive vlotje n)

  1. raft

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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vlot

  1. inflection of vlotten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative