veel

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See also: ve'el and veêl

English

Etymology 1

Noun

veel (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of veal

Etymology 2

Verb

veel (third-person singular simple present veels, present participle veeling, simple past and past participle veeled)

  1. (nonstandard, British) feel
    • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
      To Veel. v. To feel.
      Veel’d. part. Felt.

Etymology 3

Noun

veel (plural veels)

  1. (nonstandard, British) field
Quotations
  • 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century
    But why do they let ’un stray out of the veels?
  • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
    Veel. s. A field; a corn land unenclosed.
Derived terms

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch veel, from Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

veel

  1. (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, a lot
    Sy weet nie veel nie, maar haar moeder wis baie veel.
    She doesn't know much, but her mother really knew a lot

Synonyms

  • baie (more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)

Determiner

veel

  1. (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, many
    Ons het nie veel perde nie.
    We don't have many horses.

Synonyms

  • baie (more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veːl/
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  • Hyphenation: veel
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.

Determiner

veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)

  1. many, much, a lot of
Usage notes

As a determiner veel typically isn't inflected in informal Dutch, except before (usually uncountable) singular nouns with a definite article:

Veel omwonenden klagen over de de rotzooi in het park.
Many local residents complain about the mess in the park.
Het vele geweld dreef inwoners weg.
The large amount of violence drove inhabitants away.

In formal style the inflected form vele may also be used for plurals:

Vele rolstoelgebruikers hadden bezwaren tegen de plannen.
Many wheelchair users had objections against the plans.
Inflection
Inflection of veel
uninflected veel
inflected veel
comparative meer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial veel meer het meest
het meeste
indefinite m./f. sing. veel meer —
n. sing. veel meer —
plural veel meer —
definite vele — meeste
partitive — — —
Antonyms
Derived terms

Pronoun

veel (comparative meer, superlative het meest or het meeste)

  1. much, a lot
    Vanaf hier kan ik veel zien.
    From here I can see a lot.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: veel
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fele
  • Javindo: feel, peel
  • Jersey Dutch: fœl
  • Negerhollands: veel
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: fail

Adverb

veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)

  1. much
  2. often, frequently
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

veel

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

Etymology 3

Noun

veel f (plural veels or velen, diminutive veeltje n)

  1. (archaic or poetic) Alternative form of vedel.

Anagrams

Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate to German viel.

Pronunciation

Adverb

veel

  1. much

Adjective

veel

  1. much, many

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *veelä, from a Baltic language. Cognate to Lithuanian vėl, Latvian vēl and Finnish vielä.

Adverb

veel (not comparable)

  1. yet, still

Etymology 2

Noun

veel

  1. adessive singular of vesi

Anagrams

German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate to German viel.

Adverb

veel

  1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much
    veel to lat (Low Prussian)
    much too late

Adjective

veel

  1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much (a lot of) (when used in the singular)
    veel Melk (Low Prussian)
    a lot of milk
  2. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) many (when used in the plural)
    veele Kinga (Low Prussian)
    many children

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *veelä, borrowed from a Baltic language. Cognates include Finnish vielä and Estonian veel.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adverb

veel

  1. still
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Osa iƶoroist veel nytkii kutsuu itsiätä karjalaisiks.
      Some Ingrians even now still call themselves Karelians.
  2. nevertheless
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:
      Talveel pessii kylmääl veel.
      In the cold winter wash yourself nevertheless.
  3. also, too
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
      Sanokaa veel milläin ikkee meeli oravast.
      Also say any kind of thought about a squirrel.
    • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking own way]”, in Inkeri‎, volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:
      Tämä on Savimäen kylä a sit ono veel Hammalan kylä.
      This is the Savimäki village and then there's also the Hammala village.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

veel

  1. adessive singular of vesi

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 660

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus.

Pronunciation

Noun

veel (plural veles)

  1. veal (the meat of a calf)
  2. A calf (young cow)

Descendants

References

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vitellus.

Pronunciation

  • (archaic) IPA(key): /vəˈðɛl/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /vəˈɛl/

Noun

veel oblique singular, m (oblique plural veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative singular veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative plural veel)

  1. calf (young cow or bull)

Descendants

References

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veelä.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈveːl/,
  • Rhymes: -eːl
  • Hyphenation: veel

Adverb

veel

  1. still, yet

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “veelä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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