vlug

From Dutch vlug.

vlug (attributive vlugge, comparative vlugger, superlative vlugste)

1. quick; swift
2. (of movement) brisk; expeditious
3. (of cognitive ability) sharp; quick-witted

vlug

1. quickly; briskly

From Dutch vlucht, from Old Dutch *fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti.

vlug (plural vlugte, diminutive vluggie)

1. flight; the journey of an aircraft

   Ek het die vlug na Parys verpas.

   I missed the flight to Paris.

2. flight; escape; the act of fleeing

   Die rowers was kort na hulle vlug uit Pretoria betrap.

   The robbers were caught shortly after their escape from Pretoria.

• vlieg

vlug (present vlug, present participle vlugtende, past participle gevlug)

1. to flee; to run away
2. to escape

• (to escape): ontsnap
• (to flee): weghardloop

From Proto-Albanian *awa-luga, a prefixal derivative of Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”). Cognate to Greek λυγίζω (lygízo), Old Norse lykna (“to bend knees”), Lithuanian lùgnas (“flexible”).[1]

vlug m (indefinite plural vlugje, definite singular vlugu, definite plural vlugjet)

1. prime (of life), peak

From Proto-Germanic *flugjaz, related to *fleuganą (“to fly”), whence Dutch vliegen. Cognate with Low German vlügge, German flügge (“full-fledged”). Compare also German flugs (“quickly”).

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vlug (comparative vlugger, superlative vlugst)

1. quick, fast

• vliegensvlug (“very quick”)
• vliegvlug (“full-fledged”)
• vlugheid

• Afrikaans: vlug
• Javindo: flug
• Petjo: vlug-vlug