veel
English
Etymology 1
Noun
veel (uncountable)
Etymology 2
Verb
veel (third-person singular simple present veels, present participle veeling, simple past and past participle veeled)
- (nonstandard, British) feel
- 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
- To Veel. v. To feel.
- Veel’d. part. Felt.
- 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
Etymology 3
Noun
veel (plural veels)
Quotations
- 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century
- But why do they let ’un stray out of the veels?
- 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
- Veel. s. A field; a corn land unenclosed.
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch veel, from Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
veel
- (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, a lot
- Sy weet nie veel nie, maar haar moeder wis baie veel.
- She doesn't know much, but her mother really knew a lot
Determiner
veel
- (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, many
- Ons het nie veel perde nie.
- We don't have many horses.
See also
- baie (more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.
Determiner
veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)
Usage notes
As a determiner veel typically isn't inflected in informal Dutch. In formal style the inflected form vele may be used, but only for plurals or before (usually uncountable) singular nouns with a definite article:
- Vele rolstoelgebruikers hadden bezwaren tegen de plannen.
- Many wheelchair users had objections against the plans.
- Het vele geweld dreef inwoners weg.
- The large amount of violence drove inhabitants away.
Inflection
Declension of veel | ||||
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uninflected | veel | |||
inflected | veel | |||
comparative | meer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | veel | meer | het meest het meeste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | veel | meer | — |
n. sing. | veel | meer | — | |
plural | veel | meer | — | |
definite | vele | — | meeste | |
partitive | — | — | — |
Antonyms
Derived terms
Pronoun
veel (comparative meer, superlative het meest or het meeste)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: veel
Adverb
veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)
Synonyms
- (frequently): vaak
Antonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
veel
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of velen
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of velen
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Dutch Low Saxon
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
veel
Adjective
veel
Estonian
Etymology 1
From a Baltic language. Cognate to Lithuanian vėl, Latvian vēl and Finnish vielä.
Adverb
veel
Anagrams
Etymology 2
Noun
veel
German Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adverb
veel
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much
- veel to lat (Low Prussian)
- much too late
Adjective
veel
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much (a lot of) (when used in the singular)
- veel Melk (Low Prussian)
- a lot of milk
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) many (when used in the plural)
- veele Kinga (Low Prussian)
- many children
Ingrian
Adverb
veel
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus.
Pronunciation
Noun
veel (plural veles)
- veal (the meat of a calf)
- A calf (young cow)
- c. 1450, Mirour Saluacioun:
- The ydolatiers of the golden veel.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
References
- “vēl(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-5.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin vitellus.
Noun
veel oblique singular, m (oblique plural veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative singular veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative plural veel)
- calf (young cow or bull)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (veel, supplement)
- veel on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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