vaen

See also: væn, väen, vän, and vaͤn

Estonian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic воина (voina, “war”). Compare Russian война (vojna, “war”). Cognate with Finnish vaino. Alternatively of Baltic origin; compare Latvian vaina (“fault, guilt”). The word appears in older literature often with the meaning of "war".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑe̯n/, [ˈvɑe̯n]

Noun

vaen (genitive vaenu, partitive vaenu)

1. hostility, enmity

   Sõja ajal suurenes vaen kahe riigi vahel.

   During the war, hostilities between the two countries increased.

Inflection

Declension of vaen (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vaen	vaenud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vaenu
genitive			vaenude
partitive		vaenu	vaene vaenusid
illative		vaenu vaenusse	vaenudesse vaenesse
inessive		vaenus	vaenudes vaenes
elative		vaenust	vaenudest vaenest
allative		vaenule	vaenudele vaenele
adessive		vaenul	vaenudel vaenel
ablative		vaenult	vaenudelt vaenelt
translative		vaenuks	vaenudeks vaeneks
terminative		vaenuni	vaenudeni
essive		vaenuna	vaenudena
abessive		vaenuta	vaenudeta
comitative		vaenuga	vaenudega

References

• vaen in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “vaen”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fān, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han.

Verb

vâen

1. to catch, to capture
2. to seize, to grab
3. to catch, to intercept (something in the air)
4. to imprison
5. to conquer (of a city)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• vangen

Derived terms

• bevâen
• ontvâen

Descendants

• Dutch: vangen
  • Afrikaans: vang
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fanggi
  • Negerhollands: vang, faṅ
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: fank
  • → Aukan: fanga
  • → Sranan Tongo: fanga
    • → Caribbean Javanese: fangah, mangah
• Limburgish: vange

Further reading

• “vaen, vanghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vaen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN