No. 8,701 in Dutch
inglijden
To glide or slide in.
In a sentence
De schaatser gleed soepel in het water.
The skater glided smoothly onto the ice.
Here, 'inglijden' illustrates the action of gliding into a location (onto the ice).
Hij gleed stilletjes de kamer in.
He silently glided into the room.
'Inglijden' here describes a quiet or smooth movement into a space (the room).
Het boek gleed vanzelf in zijn tas.
The book glided on its own into his bag.
The term 'inglijden' demonstrates an almost metaphorical or unexpected action of sliding into a containment (the bag).
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