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Word "flag" in Frisian (Western)
Last modified: 2016-03-24 by antónio martins
Keywords: flagge | flaggen | flage | flachje | flagen | flachjes | findel | ensyn |
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Word " flagge " (="flag")
- Word:
- flagge
- Script:
- Latin
- Etym. family:
- *flag
- Meaning:
- flag
External links:
(See 3 other wordforms identical to this.)
Word " flaggen "
- Word:
- flaggen
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- plural
of "flagge"
(See 1 other wordform identical to this.)
Word " flage "
- Word:
- flage
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- less common orthography form
of "flagge"
(See 1 other wordform identical to this.)
Word " flachje "
- Word:
- flachje
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- diminutive
of "flage"
Remarks:- also diminutive of flaggen
Word " flagen "
- Word:
- flagen
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- plural
of "flage"
Word " flachjes "
- Word:
- flachjes
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- plural
of "flachje"
Word " findel " (="standard")
- Word:
- findel
- Script:
- Latin
- Etym. family:
- *fan-
- Meaning:
- standard
These standards are flags, more or less permanently fixed to a
staff, usually a square of a considerable size, typically symbolising
a unit of some sort, either military a military unit or a an society
or such. Also, poetical use.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 25 Oct 2007
Word " ensyn " (="ensign")
- Word:
- ensyn
- Script:
- Latin
- Etym. family:
- *sign
- Meaning:
- ensign
Remarks:- rare
An "ensyn" is more or less an "ensign", though the word is
rarely used. The difference would be the lack of central authority,
which forced towns to fly an own ensyn abroad, for lack of a
national ensign.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 10 Mar 2016
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