Flying Dutchman

English Etymology From en flying Dutchman. Pronunciation en /ˌflaɪ.ɪŋ ˈdʌtʃ.mən/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Flying Dutchman.wav Southern England Proper noun Flying Dutchman 1 en nautical _ folklore A mythical Dutch-flagged ghost clipper that sails very fast but never makes it to port, seen on the high seas, where its occupants may wish to contact or hear from persons long dead. In European naval folklore, it was considered to portend bad luck. Translations mythical ghost ship Afrikaans: af Vlieënde Hollander Arabic: ar الْهُولَنْدِي الطَّائِر m Azerbaijani: az Uçan Hollandiyalı Bengali: bn ফ্লাইং ডাচম্যান Bulgarian: bg Летящия холандец m Catalan: ca Holandès Errant m, ca Holandès Volador m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 飛翔的荷蘭人號 Fēixiáng de Hélánrén hào Czech: cs Bludný Holanďan m Danish: da den flyvende hollænder c, da dødssejleren c Dutch: nl Vliegende Hollander m Esperanto: eo fluganta Holandano Estonian: et Lendav hollandlane Finnish: fi Lentävä hollantilainen French: fr Hollandais volant m German: de Fliegender Holländer m Greek: el Ιπτάμενος Ολλανδός m Hebrew: he הַהוֹלַנְדִּי הַמְעוֹפֵף m ha-Holándi ha-M'oféf Hungarian: hu bolygó hollandi Italian: it Olandese Volante m Japanese: ja フライング・ダッチマン Furaingu Datchiman Korean: ko ^방황하는 ^네덜란드인 Latvian: lv Klīstošais holandietis m Lithuanian: lt Skrajojantis olandas m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb den flygende hollender m, nb Dødsseileren m Persian: fa هلندی سرگردان holandi sargordân Polish: pl Latający Holender m Portuguese: pt Holandês Voador m Romanian: ro Olandezul Zburător m Russian: ru Лету́чий голла́ндец m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Лѐте̄ћӣ Хола́нђанин m Latin: sh Lètēćī Holánđanin m Slovene: sl Leteči Holandec m Spanish: es Holandés Volador m, es Holandés Errante m Swedish: sv flygande holländaren c den flygande holländaren Thai: th ฟลายอิงดัตช์แมน flaai-ing dàt-mɛɛn Turkish: tr Uçan Hollandalı Ukrainian: uk Летю́чий голла́ндець m Veps: vep Lendai alamalaine Vietnamese: vi người Hà Lan bay Zealandic: zea Vliegende 'Ollander Noun Flying Dutchmen Flying Dutchman A ghost ship. en Mary Celeste ghost ship