vlag

Concepts

flag

banner

ensign

colours

colors

standard

sign

token

pencell

badge

interstitial

luminary

pennon

road sign

Synonyms

vaandel

dundoek

vaan

banier

standaard

flag

kleuren

veldteken

vendel

wimpel

vlagschip

spandoek

optie

markering

booleaanse waarde

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vlɑx/

Etymology

Etymology ultimately uncertain; of undetermined Germanic origin. Perhaps ultimately imitative, or otherwise drawn from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”), referring to the shape.
Related to early Middle English flage (“name for a baby's garment”) and Old English flagg, flacg (“cataplasm, poultice, plaster”). Related to West Frisian flagge (“flag”), English flag (“flag”), Danish flag, Norwegian Bokmål flagg, Icelandic flagg, Faroese flagg, German Flagge, and Swedish flagga. Compare Old English flacor (“fluttering, flying”).

Sentences

De Belgische vlag is zwart , geel en rood .

The Belgian flag is black, yellow and red.