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vlijen.

to lay, to place

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈvlɛi̯.ə(n)/
  1. to lay, to place

    transitive
  2. to lie down, to sit down

  3. to make to size, to make (something) fit

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch vliën (“to arrange, to organize, to give something its place”), from Proto-West Germanic *flīhan, of unknown ultimate origin; possibly related to the root of *flaihijan (“to be sly, to flatter”), though the semantic gap is wide.

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