flemish
/ˈflɛmɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.09 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.
adj
Of or relating to the Belgian standard variety of the Dutch language.
adj
Of or relating to West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.
name
West Flemish (including French Flemish and Zeelandic Flemish) and East Flemish dialects of Dutch.
name
Any of the Low Franconian dialects or languages spoken in northern Belgium, mainly West Flemish, East Flemish, Brabantian dialects of Dutch and Limburgish.
Example Sentences
- "But Wallonian legislators are blocking the changes, fearing that their power is eroding, that the Flemish are doing some legal ethnic cleansing and that a divided Belgium will end the subsidies that flow south from richer Flanders."
- "[…] 1302, in which Flemish farmers and civilians armed with goedendags stand in battle formation. The goedendags resemble long clubs, but they have a much wider beating ring around the top and it is possible that a daring combatant […]"
- "The government project for rendering the Flemish language official at the University of Ghent, which was responsible for the recent Cabinet crisis, caused warm discussion when it was resubmitted to the Chamber this afternoon."
- "I think the politicians have missed the opportunity to make education bilingual for all. Then there would be no language issue. Even though people laugh when Elio Di Rupo [leader of the largest francophone Socialist party] speaks Flemish, at least he makes an effort."
- "Its Middle Dutch successor (c.1100 to c.1500) is well documented from the end of the twelfth century, especially in the western (Flemish) and centre (Brabantic) dialects of the economically more prosperous southern area, now Belgium."
- "That was in the Roman Catholic region of Limburg, a district stretching from northeast Belgium across southern Holland, where the local dialect of Flemish is not easily understood in the rest of the two countries, and where even the artists - the writer's parents are an example - are apt to be born into families of impeccably bourgeois, commercial and conservative orientation."
Etymology
From Middle English flemmysshe, from Old English flēmisc, from Old Frisian flāmisk, derived from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current water”) and *-iskaz. Equivalent to English fleam + -ish. More at Flanders.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈflɛmɪʃ/
- British English: /ˈflɛmɪʃ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more Flemish (comparative)
most Flemish (superlative)
flemishes (plural)
flemishes (present, singular)
flemishing (participle, present)
flemished (participle, past)
flemished (past)