veeg

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veːx/

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• Hyphenation: veeg
• Rhymes: -eːx

Etymology 1

From the verb vegen (“to swipe”).

Noun

veeg f (plural vegen, diminutive veegje n)

1. A swipe, vivid movement.

Derived terms

• beenveeg
• oorveeg
• voetveeg

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch veghe, veyghe, veych (“doomed to die; near death”), from Old Dutch *fēgi, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz (“fey, doomed to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-, *pAig- (“ill-meaning, bad”). Cognate with English fey.

Adjective

veeg (comparative veger, superlative veegst)

1. doomed to die
2. near death
3. doomed

Inflection

Declension of veeg
uninflected	veeg
inflected	vege
comparative	veger
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		veeg	veger	het veegst het veegste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	vege	vegere	veegste
	n. sing.	veeg	veger	veegste
	plural	vege	vegere	veegste
definite		vege	vegere	veegste
partitive		veegs	vegers	—

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

veeg

1. inflection of vegen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Anagrams

• geve, vege