veel

See also: ve'el

English

Etymology 1

Noun

veel (uncountable)

1. Obsolete spelling of veal

Etymology 2

Verb

veel (third-person singular simple present veels, present participle veeling, simple past and past participle veeled)

1. (nonstandard, Britain) feel
   • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire

     To Veel. v. To feel.

     Veel’d. part. Felt.

Etymology 3

Noun

veel (plural veels)

1. (nonstandard, Britain) field

Quotations

• 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century

  But why do they let ’un stray out of the veels?

• 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire

  Veel. s. A field; a corn land unenclosed.

Derived terms

• veelvare

Anagrams

• EVEL, elev., elve, vele

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Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• feul (obsolete)
• veul (archaic)

Etymology

From Dutch veel, from Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪəl/

Pronoun

veel

1. (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, a lot

   Sy weet nie veel nie, maar haar moeder wis baie veel.

   She doesn't know much, but her mother really knew a lot

Synonyms

• baie (more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)

Determiner

veel

1. (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, many

   Ons het nie veel perde nie.

   We don't have many horses.

Synonyms

• baie (more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veːl/

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• Hyphenation: veel
• Rhymes: -eːl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.

Determiner

veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)

1. many, much, a lot of

Usage notes

As a determiner veel typically isn't inflected in informal Dutch. In formal style the inflected form vele may be used, but only for plurals or before (usually uncountable) singular nouns with a definite article:

Vele rolstoelgebruikers hadden bezwaren tegen de plannen.

Many wheelchair users had objections against the plans.

Het vele geweld dreef inwoners weg.

The large amount of violence drove inhabitants away.

Inflection

Inflection of veel
uninflected	veel
inflected	veel
comparative	meer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		veel	meer	het meest het meeste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	veel	meer	—
	n. sing.	veel	meer	—
	plural	veel	meer	—
definite		vele	—	meeste
partitive		—	—	—

Antonyms

• weinig

Derived terms

• hoeveel
• veelal
• veelheid
• veelhoek
• veels
• veelst
• veler
• velerlei
• zoveel

 

Pronoun

veel (comparative meer, superlative het meest or het meeste)

1. much, a lot

   Vanaf hier kan ik veel zien.

   From here I can see a lot.

Antonyms

• weinig

Derived terms

• veelverdiener
• veelvraat

Descendants

• Afrikaans: veel

Adverb

veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)

1. much
2. often, frequently

Synonyms

• (frequently): vaak

Antonyms

• weinig
• (frequency): zelden

Derived terms

• veelgebruikt

Etymology 2

Verb

veel

1. first-person singular present indicative of velen
2. imperative of velen

Anagrams

• leve, vele

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Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

• völle

Etymology

Cognate to German viel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˑl/

Adverb

veel

1. much

Adjective

veel

1. much, many

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Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *veelä, from a Baltic language. Cognate to Lithuanian vėl, Latvian vēl and Finnish vielä.

Adverb

veel

1. yet, still

Anagrams

• elev

Noun

veel

1. adessive singular of vesi

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German Low German

Alternative forms

• vȩl
• vẹl
• (Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian) vęl, vääl, väl, vel
• (Eastern Westphalian) viel, vill

Etymology

Cognate to German viel.

Adverb

veel

1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much

   veel to lat (Low Prussian)

   much too late

Adjective

veel

1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much (a lot of) (when used in the singular)

   veel Melk (Low Prussian)

   a lot of milk

2. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) many (when used in the plural)

   veele Kinga (Low Prussian)

   many children

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veelä, borrowed from a Baltic language. Cognates include Finnish vielä and Estonian veel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veːl/

Adverb

veel

1. yet

References

• Vitalij Chernyavskij, Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)‎^[1], 2005

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• veele, vele, veale

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛːl/, /vɛl/

Noun

veel (plural veles)

1. veal (the meat of a calf)
2. A calf (young cow)
   • c. 1450, Mirour Saluacioun:

     The ydolatiers of the golden veel.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Descendants

• English: veal
• Scots: veal, veall, vale

References

• “vēl(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-5.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• vedel

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vitellus.

Noun

veel m (oblique plural veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative singular veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative plural veel)

1. calf (young cow or bull)

Descendants

• → English: veal
• French: veau

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (veel, supplement)
• veel on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub