flemish

Everyday

1. Flemish means to do with Flanders, the northern Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, or its people. tree →
2. Flemish is the name for the Dutch spoken in Belgium. tree →
3. Flemish art means paintings by artists from Flanders, like Bruegel and Van Eyck. tree →

In the lessons

Geography (Belgium has Flemish-, French- and German-speaking areas), history and art lessons (Flemish painters, Flemish weavers who came to England). Phrases: Flemish painters, Flemish speakers.

Examples

• In Belgium, Flemish is spoken in the north. tree →
• Bruegel was a Flemish painter. tree →
• The museum has Flemish paintings of village life. tree →
• Flemish weavers came to England in the Middle Ages. tree →
• Flemish is very close to the Dutch of the Netherlands. tree →
• Brussels has signs in French and Flemish. tree →

Note

Always written with a capital F (it is a name for a people and place). Flemish and Dutch are essentially the same language with local differences. Not to be confused with «phlegm» or «flamingo».