From the verb vegen (“to swipe”).
veeg f (plural vegen, diminutive veegje n)
From Middle Dutch veghe, veyghe, veych (“doomed to die; near death”), from Old Dutch *fēgi, from Proto-West Germanic *faigī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz (“fey, doomed to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-, *pAig- (“ill-meaning, bad”). Cognate with English fey.
veeg (comparative veger, superlative veegst)
Declension of veeg | ||||
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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 | — |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
veeg