vegan

Clipping of vegetarian or vegetable, 1944.^[1] Coined by English vegan activist Donald Watson of the Vegan Society and first appeared in The Vegan News.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːɡən/,^[3] /ˈveɪɡən/,^[3]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophones: vaguen (one pronunciation), Vegan
• Rhymes: -iːɡən, -eɪɡən
• Hyphenation: ve‧gan

vegan (not comparable)

1. (of a product or practice, especially food) Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.

   Synonym: (of food) plant-based

   He eats a completely vegan diet.

   This chocolate cake is vegan.

   • 1975 March 21, Judy Klemesrud, “Vegetarianism: Growing Way of Life, Especially Among the Young”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Is their way of eating healthy and safe? Doctors and nutritionists generally give an almost unqualified “yes” to lacto‐ovo vegetarianism, but express some doubts about vegan diets.

   • 2021 May 18, Jack Ewing, Lauren Hirsch, “The Big Money Is Going Vegan”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The interest of heavyweight investors is confirmation that vegan food has gone mainstream, but it could also make it harder for Oatly to maintain its anti-establishment image.

2. (of a person) Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.

   She is not vegan as she eats eggs and wears leather.

3. Relating to vegans or veganism.

   Yesterday I went to a vegan party.

   She is interested in vegan philosophy.

vegan (plural vegans)

1. A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products
2. A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.

   Our vegan-friendly shaving brush is made with synthetic bristles instead of badger hair.

• vegetarian
• vegetarianism

• vegan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Ganev, Vange, ganev

• IPA^(key):

vegan m anim (female equivalent veganka)

1. vegan (veganism supporter)

• vegetarián m
• vegetariánství n

• “vegan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Borrowed from English vegan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈviɡən/

vegan (not comparable)

1. vegan

   Synonym: veganistisch

vegan m or f (plural vegans)

1. vegan

   Synonyms: veganist, veganiste

Borrowed from English vegan.

• IPA^(key): /veˈɡaːn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːn

vegan (strong nominative masculine singular veganer, comparative veganer, superlative am vegansten)

1. vegan
   • 2014, Boris Gromodka, Sabine Eichhorst, Veggie Family: Unser neues Leben ohne Fleisch‎, Bastei Lübbe, →ISBN:

     Außerdem leben wir in Frankfurt-Bornheim in der mutmaßlich vegansten Gegend Deutschlands: Im Umkreis von einem Quadratkilometer gibt es einen veganen Supermarkt und vier herkömmliche Supermärkte, deren vegetarisches und veganes Angebot ständig wächst, sogar Aldi hat Veggieburger, Sojadrinks und Tofuwürstchen im Sortiment.

     In addition, we live in Frankfurt-Bornheim in what is probably the most vegan area in Germany: within a square kilometer there is a vegan supermarket and four conventional supermarkets, whose vegetarian and vegan range is constantly growing, even Aldi has veggie burgers, soy drinks and tofu sausages in its range.

   • 2021 November 6, Andreas Rüttenauer, “Zertifikatehandel mit dem Klimagewissen: Schweinsbraten gegen Waschnüsse”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:

     An der nächsten Straßenecke ist ein Start-up, das veganes Hundefutter vertreibt. So ist das heute wohl, denke ich und ergötze mich am Wohlklang, den das Zermalmen der Schweinsbratenkruste verursacht.

     On the next street corner is a start-up that sells vegan dog food. That's the way it is today but I prefer the sound of crushing the roast pork crust.

• “vegan” in Duden online
• “vegan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowed from English vegan.

• IPA^(key): ,
• Rhymes: -ən, -an
• Hyphenation: ve‧gan

vegan (Jawi spelling ۏيݢان, plural vegan-vegan, informal 1st possessive veganku, 2nd possessive veganmu, 3rd possessive vegannya)

1. A vegan.

• “vegan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from English vegan, a clipping of either vegetarian or vegetable. Coined by Donald Watson of the Vegan Society and first appeared in The Vegan News.

vegan m (definite singular veganen, indefinite plural veganer, definite plural veganene)

1. a vegan

• veganer

• vegansk
• veganisme

• “vegan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from English vegan.

vegan m (definite singular veganen, indefinite plural veganar, definite plural veganane)

1. a vegan

• veganar

• vegansk

• “vegan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

vegan c

1. a vegan (someone who does not consume animal products)

• vegansk

• vegetarian

• vegan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vegan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vegan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)