vaen

See also: væn, väen, vän, and vaͤn

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vaino, borrowed from Old East Slavic воина (voina, “war”). Compare Russian война (vojna, “war”). Cognate with Finnish vaino. Alternatively of Baltic origin; compare Latvian vaina (“fault, guilt”). The word appears in older literature often with the meaning of "war".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑe̯n/, [ˈvɑe̯n]
• Rhymes: -ɑe̯n
• Hyphenation: vaen

Noun

vaen (genitive vaenu, partitive vaenu)

1. hostility, enmity

   Sõja ajal suurenes vaen kahe riigi vahel.

   During the war, hostilities between the two countries increased.

Declension

Declension of vaen (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vaen	vaenud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vaenu
genitive			vaenude
partitive		vaenu	vaene vaenusid
illative		vaenu vaenusse	vaenudesse vaenesse
inessive		vaenus	vaenudes vaenes
elative		vaenust	vaenudest vaenest
allative		vaenule	vaenudele vaenele
adessive		vaenul	vaenudel vaenel
ablative		vaenult	vaenudelt vaenelt
translative		vaenuks	vaenudeks vaeneks
terminative		vaenuni	vaenudeni
essive		vaenuna	vaenudena
abessive		vaenuta	vaenudeta
comitative		vaenuga	vaenudega

Derived terms

nouns

• vaenlane

adjectives

• vaenulik
• vaenuline

verbs

• vaenama
• vaenutsema

phrases

• vaenu avaldama
• vaenu õhutama

Compounds

• hõimuvaen
• klassivaen
• rassivaen
• salavaen
• surmavaen
• usuvaen
• verivaen
• vihavaen

• vaenuaeg
• vaenuakt
• vaenuavaldus
• vaenujalal
• vaenujalale
• vaenukinnas
• vaenukirves
• vaenukuritegu
• vaenukõne
• vaenukägu
• vaenuköis
• vaenuleer
• vaenumeelne
• vaenupool
• vaenusuhe
• vaenusääsk
• vaenutegevus
• vaenuvahekord
• vaenuvanker
• vaenuvägi
• vaenuväli

References

• vaen in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “vaen”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “vaen”, in [SP] Eesti keele sõnapered [Estonian Word Families] (in Estonian) (online version, continuously updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012–

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fān, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han.

Verb

vâen

1. to catch, to capture
2. to seize, to grab
3. to catch, to intercept (something in the air)
4. to imprison
5. to conquer (of a city)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• vangen

Derived terms

• bevâen
• ontvâen

Descendants

• Dutch: vangen
  • Afrikaans: vang
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fanggi
  • Negerhollands: vang, faṅ
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: fank
  • → Aukan: fanga
  • → Sranan Tongo: fanga
    • → Caribbean Javanese: fangah, mangah
• Limburgish: vange

Further reading

• “vaen, vanghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vaen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin avēna (“oats”). (By means of metathesis, the word "avena" was transformed to "vaena" and then this was shortened to form the root word "vaen".)

Noun

vaen (genitive vaena, plural vaens)

1. oat, oats

Declension

Declension of vaen

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vaen	vaens
Genitive	vaena	vaenas
Dative	vaene	vaenes
Accusative	vaeni	vaenis
Predicative1	vaenu	vaenus
Vocative	o vaen	o vaens

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Synonyms

• zab (obsolete)

Derived terms

• vaenabül
• vaenagrot

Further reading

• “vaen”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)