vegen

See also: végén

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vēgen, from Old Dutch *fegon, from Proto-West Germanic *fegōn. Closely related to modern Dutch vagen, which shows a different ablaut vowel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveː.ɣə(n)/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ve‧gen
• Rhymes: -eːɣən

Verb

vegen

1. to sweep
2. to brush
3. to wipe

Inflection

Conjugation of vegen (weak)
infinitive	vegen
past singular	veegde
past participle	geveegd
infinitive	vegen
gerund	vegen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	veeg	veegde
2nd person sing. (jij)	veegt, veeg2	veegde
2nd person sing. (u)	veegt	veegde
2nd person sing. (gij)	veegt	veegde
3rd person singular	veegt	veegde
plural	vegen	veegden
subjunctive sing.1	vege	veegde
subjunctive plur.1	vegen	veegden
imperative sing.	veeg
imperative plur.1	veegt
participles	vegend	geveegd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• aanvegen
• afvegen
• veger

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: fegi
• Jersey Dutch: vêxe
• Negerhollands: feeg, veeg, fig, fik
• Petjo: vegen
• → Aukan: figi
• → Sranan Tongo: figi, fegi, figifigi
  • → Saramaccan: féki

Anagrams

• geven

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *fegon, from Proto-Germanic *fegōną, related to *fagjaną (“to please”). See also Icelandic fága (“to clean, polish”).

Verb

vēgen

1. to sweep, to clean

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: vegen
  • Afrikaans: vee, veeg
• Limburgish: vaege

Further reading

• “veghen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vegen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vegen m

1. definite singular of veg

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛːjən/, /ˈʋɛːɡən/, /ʋæɪːən/

Noun

vegen m

1. definite singular of veg