Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /veːx/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: veeg
  • Rhymes: -eːx

Etymology 1

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From the verb vegen (to swipe).

Noun

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veeg f (plural vegen, diminutive veegje n)

  1. a swipe, vivid movement
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch veghe, veyghe, veych (doomed to die; near death), from Old Dutch *fēgi, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz (fey, doomed to die), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-, *pAig- (ill-meaning, bad). Cognate with English fey.

Adjective

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veeg (comparative veger, superlative veegst)

  1. doomed to die
  2. near death
  3. doomed
Declension
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Declension of veeg
uninflected veeg
inflected vege
comparative veger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial veeg veger het veegst
het veegste
indefinite m./f. sing. vege vegere veegste
n. sing. veeg veger veegste
plural vege vegere veegste
definite vege vegere veegste
partitive veegs vegers

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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veeg

  1. inflection of vegen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

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