vleien

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) to flatter, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle (praise excessively and disingenuously)
2. (transitive) to convince, talk into, talk over
3. (transitive) to entice, lure, seduce
4. (reflexive, transitive) to fondle, pet, stroke
5. (reflexive, transitive) to flatter (present disingenuously)

Noun

plural of vlei

vlei

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of vleien:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of vleien:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of vleien:

Zêdetir bixwîne

Hevwate

flatteren

verleiden

verlokken

versieren

weglokken

hielenlikken

strelen

flemen

flikflooien

overdreven vleien

Werger

schmeicheln

flatter

lusingare

lisonjear

flatter

adulate

lisonjear

adular

aduler

adulare

afalagar

gabar

halagar

amadouer

bajular

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈvlɛi̯.ə(n)/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle Dutch mîras hatiye girtin: vleien

Ji Old Dutch mîras hatiye girtin: *fleien

In summary

From Middle Dutch vleien, from Old Dutch *fleien, from Proto-West Germanic *flaihijan.