weinig

From Middle Dutch weinich, wenich, from Old Dutch *weinag, *wēnag, from Proto-Germanic *wainagaz. Cognate with German wenig (“few”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛi̯nəx/

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• Hyphenation: wei‧nig
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯nəx

weinig (comparative minder, superlative minst)

1. little, few, not much, not many

• veel

• Afrikaans: weinig
• Jersey Dutch: wääinix
• Negerhollands: wenig, weinig
• → Kwinti: weiniki

weinig (comparative minder, superlative het minst or het minste)

1. little, not much, not a lot

   Je hebt vandaag maar weinig gezegd. Voel je je niet goed?

   You've only said a little today. Are you not feeling well?

• veel

weinig (comparative minder, superlative minst)

1. little, not much
2. not often

• (not often): zelden

• veel
• (antonym(s) of “not often”): vaak

From Proto-West Germanic *wainag, from Proto-Germanic *wainagaz.

weinig

1. small, little

• Middle Dutch: weinich, wênich
  • Dutch: weinig
    • Afrikaans: weinig
    • Jersey Dutch: wääinix
    • Negerhollands: wenig, weinig
    • → Kwinti: weiniki

• “wēnig”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012