veje

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ,
• Homophone: vaje

Etymology 1

From Old Danish wæghæ, from Old Norse vega (“to weigh”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”). Cognate with English weigh and German wiegen (“to weigh”), German bewegen (“to move”) (whence Danish bevæge). The Germanic verb is related derived from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ- (“to ride, go, transport”), related to Proto-Germanic *wegaz (“way”) and Latin vehō (“to transport”).

Verb

veje (imperative vej, infinitive at veje, present tense vejer, past tense vejede, perfect tense har vejet)

1. (transitive) weigh (determine the weight of something)
2. (intransitive) to have a certain weight
3. (intransitive) to have a certain mass

   Den vejer 35,7 g.

   It masses 35.7 g.

4. (intransitive, with af) to measure something out by weighing it

   Slagteren vejede 500 gram sukker af.

   The butcher weighed out 500 grams of sugar.

Derived terms

• vejning (“weighing”)

See also

• vægt

References

• “veje” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “veje,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vega (“to fight”), from Proto-Germanic *wiganą (“to fight”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to overcome”), related to Latin vincō (“to win”).

Verb

veje (imperative vej, infinitive at veje, present tense vejer, past tense vog, perfect tense har vejet)

1. (archaic) slay (kill in battle)

References

• “veje,4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

veje c

1. indefinite plural of vej

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• vője (preferred in the West and the Southwest of Hungary and in some northeastern parts; the only option when not speaking of a family relationship, e.g. az ország első számú vője (“the No. 1 son‑in‑law of the country”))

Etymology

From the vej- stem of vő (“son-in-law”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ve‧je

Noun

veje

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of vő, one’s son-in-law

Declension

For the plural form (“someone’s sons-in-law”), see vejei.

References

Further reading

• veje , redirecting to vő in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

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Verb

veje

1. inflection of veadjit:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

veje (Cyrillic spelling веје)

1. third-person singular present of vejati

Slovene

Noun

vêje

1. inflection of veja:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Spanish

Verb

veje

1. inflection of vejar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative