vegen

See also: végén

Dutch

Etymology

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

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

Verb

vegen

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

Conjugation

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, veeg2 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. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fegi
  • Jersey Dutch: vêxe
  • Negerhollands: feeg, veeg, fig, fik
  • Petjo: vegen
  • Aukan: figi
  • West Frisian: fege, feie
  • Sranan Tongo: figi, fegi, figifigi
    • Saramaccan: féki

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

vēgen

  1. to sweep, to clean

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • veghen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vegen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vegen m

  1. definite singular of veg

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vegen m

  1. definite singular of veg