veje
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɑːjə], [ˈvɑːɪ]
- Homophone: vaje
Etymology 1
From Old Danish wæghæ, from Old Norse vega (“to weigh”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”). Cognate with English weigh and German wiegen (“to weigh”), German bewegen (“to move”) (whence Danish bevæge). The Germanic verb is related derived from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ- (“to ride, go, transport”), related to Proto-Germanic *wegaz (“way”) and Latin vehō (“to transport”).
Verb
veje (imperative vej, infinitive at veje, present tense vejer, past tense vejede, perfect tense har vejet)
- (transitive) weigh (determine the weight of something)
- (intransitive) to have a certain weight
- (intransitive) to have a certain mass
- Den vejer 35,7 g.
- It masses 35.7 g.
- Den vejer 35,7 g.
- (intransitive, with af) to measure something out by weighing it
- Slagteren vejede 500 gram sukker af.
- The butcher weighed out 500 grams of sugar.
- Slagteren vejede 500 gram sukker af.
Derived terms
- vejning (“weighing”)
See also
References
Etymology 2
From Old Norse vega (“to fight”), from Proto-Germanic *wiganą (“to fight”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to overcome”), related to Latin vincō (“to win”).
Verb
veje (imperative vej, infinitive at veje, present tense vejer, past tense vog, perfect tense har vejet)
- (archaic) slay (kill in battle)
References
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
veje c
- indefinite plural of vej
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- vője (preferred in the West and the Southwest of Hungary and in some northeastern parts;[1] the only option when not speaking of a family relationship, e.g. az ország első számú vője (“the No. 1 son‑in‑law of the country”))
Etymology
From the vej- stem of vő (“son-in-law”) + -e (possessive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛjɛ]
- Hyphenation: ve‧je
Noun
veje
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of vő, one’s son-in-law
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | veje | — |
| accusative | vejét | — |
| dative | vejének | — |
| instrumental | vejével | — |
| causal-final | vejéért | — |
| translative | vejévé | — |
| terminative | vejéig | — |
| essive-formal | vejeként | — |
| essive-modal | vejéül | — |
| inessive | vejében | — |
| superessive | vején | — |
| adessive | vejénél | — |
| illative | vejébe | — |
| sublative | vejére | — |
| allative | vejéhez | — |
| elative | vejéből | — |
| delative | vejéről | — |
| ablative | vejétől | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
vejéé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
vejééi | — |
For the plural form (“someone’s sons-in-law”), see vejei.
References
Further reading
- veje , redirecting to vő in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
Verb
veje
- inflection of veadjit:
- present indicative connegative
- second-person singular imperative
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
veje (Cyrillic spelling веје)
- third-person singular present of vejati
Slovene
Noun
vêje
- inflection of veja:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Spanish
Verb
veje
- inflection of vejar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative