Word "flag" in Dutch

Last modified: 2025-06-19 by antónio martins
Keywords: vlag | vlagje | vlaggen | vaandel | wimpel | vaan | vaandeltje | vaantje | vanen | banier | baniertje | banderol | vendel | geus |
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vlag

• Overview
• Word " vlag "
• Word " vlagje "
• Word " vlaggen "
• Word " vaandel "
• Word " wimpel "
• Word " vaan "
• Word " vaandeltje "
• Word " vaantje "
• Word " vanen "
• Word " banier "
• Word " baniertje "
• Word " banderol "
• Word " vendel "
• Word " geus "

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Overview

All plurals of diminutives are "-s".
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 Oct 2007

Word " vlag "

Word:

vlag

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*flag

Noun class:

♀ (feminine)

Meaning:

flag

Identicals:

3 other wordforms

External links:

• Dutch Wikipedia article about vlag
• English Wikitionary entry about vlag
• Dutch Wikitionary entry about vlag

Plural of "vlag" is "vlaggen".
Jan Mertens, Oct 2007

Diminutive of "vlag" is "vlagje".
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 Oct 2007

Word " vlagje "

Word:

vlagje

Script:

Latin

Variant:

diminutive/hypochoristic of "vlag"

Word " vlaggen "

Word:

vlaggen

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "vlag"

Word " vaandel "

Word:

vaandel

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*fan-

Noun class:

⚲ (neuter)

Meaning:

standard

Identicals:

1 other wordform

External links:

• English Wikitionary entry about vaandel
• Dutch Wikitionary entry about vaandel

"Vaandel" is related to German "Fahne".
Jan Mertens, Oct 2007

While true, it’s more that "vaandel" derives from "vendel", which was a diminutive form of "vaan". "Vaan", then is related to "Fahne" in German.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 Oct 2007

The word "vendel" is now usually replaced by "vaandel", but it does still occur on occasion.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 10 Mar 2016

Word " wimpel "

Word:

wimpel

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*vimpl-

Meaning:

streamer

Identicals:

3 other wordforms

Word " vaan "

Word:

vaan

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*fan-

Meaning:

flag (other)

Remarks:

seldom use

Seldom used is "vaan"; plural "vanen".
Jan Mertens, Oct 2007

Diminutive of "vaan" is "vaandeltje". "Vendel" (no longer in use with a flag meaning) was a diminutive form of "vaan"; "vaandel" derives from "vendel". "Vaan", then is related to "Fahne" in German. What is still in use in Dutch is the diminutive of "vaan": "vaantje", which more or less translates to pennant, in the sense of a sports pennant.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 Oct 2007

Word " vaandeltje "

Word:

vaandeltje

Script:

Latin

Variant:

diminutive/hypochoristic of "vaan"

Word " vaantje "

Word:

vaantje

Script:

Latin

Meaning:

sports pennant

Variant:

diminutive/hypochoristic of "vaan"

What is still in use in Dutch is the diminutive of "vaan": "vaantje", which more or less translates to pennant, in the sense of a sports pennant.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 Oct 2007

Word " vanen "

Word:

vanen

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "vaan"

Word " banier "

Word:

banier

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*band-

Meaning:

banner

Identicals:

1 other wordform

"Banier" is related to French "bannière".
Jan Mertens, Oct 2007

Dim. "baniertje". I expect this is related to all the bandera-s etc.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 Oct 2007

Word " baniertje "

Word:

baniertje

Script:

Latin

Variant:

diminutive/hypochoristic of "banier"

Word " banderol "

Word:

banderol

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*band-

Meaning:

pennant

Taken from French, "banderol" means "pennant", in more or less the same sense as "wimpel". It’s no longer current, but you still see the occasional use for effect.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 Oct 2007

Word " vendel "

Word:

vendel

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*fan-

Meaning:

flag (other)

Remarks:

rare

The word "vendel" is now usually replaced by "vaandel", but it does still occur on occasion.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 10 Mar 2016

Word " geus "

Word:

geus

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*geus

Meaning:

jack

Identicals:

1 other wordform

External links:

• Dutch Wikipedia article about geus

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