See also: végén

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch vēgen, from Old Dutch *fegon, from Proto-West Germanic *fegōn. Closely related to modern Dutch vagen, which shows a different ablaut vowel.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈveː.ɣə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ve‧gen
  • Rhymes: -eːɣən

Verb edit

vegen

  1. to sweep
  2. to brush
  3. to wipe

Inflection edit

Conjugation of vegen (weak)
infinitive vegen
past singular veegde
past participle geveegd
infinitive vegen
gerund vegen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular veeg veegde
2nd person sing. (jij) veegt veegde
2nd person sing. (u) veegt veegde
2nd person sing. (gij) veegt veegde
3rd person singular veegt veegde
plural vegen veegden
subjunctive sing.1 vege veegde
subjunctive plur.1 vegen veegden
imperative sing. veeg
imperative plur.1 veegt
participles vegend geveegd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fegi
  • Jersey Dutch: vêxe
  • Negerhollands: feeg, veeg, fig, fik
  • Petjo: vegen
  • Aukan: figi
  • Sranan Tongo: figi, fegi, figifigi

Anagrams edit

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch *fegon, from Proto-Germanic *fegōną, related to *fagjaną (to please). See also Icelandic fága (to clean, polish).

Verb edit

vēgen

  1. to sweep, to clean

Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Noun edit

vegen m

  1. definite singular of veg

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɛːjən/, /ˈʋɛːɡən/, /ʋæɪːən/

Noun edit

vegen m

  1. definite singular of veg