veje

See also: vejé and véje

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vajə/, [ˈvɑjə]
• Homophone: vaje

Etymology 1

From Old Danish wæghæ, from Old Norse vega (“to weigh”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ- (“to ride, go, transport”).

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• vejning (“weighing”)

See also

• vægt

Etymology 2

See vej (“way, road”).

Noun

veje c

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of vej

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Northern Sami

Verb

veje

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

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Spanish

Verb

veje

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of vejar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of vejar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of vejar.