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 veegveegde
2nd person sing. (jij) veegtveegde
2nd person sing. (u) veegtveegde
2nd person sing. (gij) veegtveegde
3rd person singular veegtveegde
plural vegenveegden
subjunctive sing.1 vegeveegde
subjunctive plur.1 vegenveegden
imperative sing. veeg
imperative plur.1 veegt
participles vegendgeveegd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

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

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
  • 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
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