veje

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See also: vejé, véje, and věje

Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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veje (imperative vej, infinitive at veje, present tense vejer, past tense vejede, perfect tense har vejet)

  1. (transitive) weigh (determine the weight of something)
  2. (intransitive) to have a certain weight
  3. (intransitive) to have a certain mass
    Den vejer 35,7 g.
    It masses 35.7 g.
  4. (intransitive, with af) to measure something out by weighing it
    Slagteren vejede 500 gram sukker af.
    The butcher weighed out 500 grams of sugar.
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Etymology 2

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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

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veje (imperative vej, infinitive at veje, present tense vejer, past tense vog, perfect tense har vejet)

  1. (archaic) slay (kill in battle)
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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veje c

  1. indefinite plural of vej

Hungarian

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Alternative forms

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  • 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

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From the vej- stem of (son-in-law) +‎ -e (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛjɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ve‧je

Noun

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veje

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of , one’s son-in-law

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
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.

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Further reading

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  • veje , redirecting to in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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veje

  1. inflection of veadjit:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

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Verb

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veje (Cyrillic spelling веје)

  1. third-person singular present of vejati

Slovene

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Noun

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vêje

  1. inflection of veja:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Spanish

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Verb

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veje

  1. inflection of vejar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative